by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Road, Liability for Freight, National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A road haulier who performed a road carriage in Denmark was liable for damage of 70,000 Euro which occurred in England whilst the goods were in the custody of the third carrier in the transport chain. This has recently been decided by the...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Maritime and Commercial High Court has ruled that a Danish carrier is liable for a trailer being stolen in front of the freight forwarder’s terminal. The trailer was filled with hams on hangers worth approximately 40,000 EUR. The carrier...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai South Korea’s current outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been the focus of much international attention. The local impact of the outbreak has been severe, leading to nearly 3,000 schools being closed...
by Editor | Jun 26, 2015 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Readers may recall my [url= http://www.forwarderlaw.com/library/view.php?article_id=835 target=new] 2012 update[/url] on the WTO dispute between Canada and the United States in respect of US...
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by Editor | Jun 10, 2015 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London The modern cases support the proposition that if the opening or confirming bank fails to pay against presentation of conforming documents under a letter of credit payable at sight, the beneficiary may sue in debt to recover the value...
by Editor | May 26, 2015 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada An investigation by the Vancouver Sun[1] has uncovered both government and police documents evidencing an infiltration of Vancouver’s port facilities by biker gangs for the purposes of drug...
