by Editor | Jun 9, 2016 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
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...
by Editor | Sep 21, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum, National Issues
Pauline Davies, Fee Langstone, New Zealand Ref: Glencore Grain BV v The Ship Lancelot V [2015] NZHC 1874, 10 August 2015, Davidson J At the time this article was being written, the Panama-registered, Marshall Islands-owned and Greek-managed Handymax ship Lancelot V...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 15 July 2015, the Supreme People’s Court published “The Supreme People’s Court’s Reply to the Request Made by Shanghai High Court and Others in Relation to the Judicial Review on the Arbitration Awards...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, Insurance, Jurisdiction + Forum, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An American freight forwarder must pay 160,000 USD in damages to a Danish shipping company after having rejected a contract at the last minute and at the same time hired another shipping company to conduct the carriage. The Danish...