by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada This appeal considered the validity of service of a Statement of Claim in accordance with The Hague Convention on defendants located in a state that is not a party to that Convention. The Court...
by Editor | Nov 10, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Felipe Arizon, Arizon Abogados SLP, Spain It is no secret that Spain is a major cargo interest country where insurance recoveries against carriers account for the largest part of the maritime legal practice. The entry into force of the Spanish Shipping Act (SSA)...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel The Ontario Court of Appeal recently confirmed that parties who enter into contractual arrangements that include a forum selection clause must show strong cause why they should not be enforced if suit is...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2016 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Ref: Siemens International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd vs. Shanghai Golden Landmark Co., Ltd (2013) Hu Yi Zhong Min Ren (Wai Zhong) Zi No. 2 (27 November 2015) (Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court). In a recent case in the...
by Editor | Dec 23, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai There are very few instances where an arbitration agreement, which provides for the arbitration to be administered by a non-Chinese arbitral institution (such as the ICC) under its arbitration rules, also provides for the seat of...
