by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel A Freight Forwarder and Customs Agent were Absolved from Responsibility for a Delay in the Releasing of a Shipment Recently, a judgment was given by the Rehovot Small Claims Court, relating to the responsibility of an...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, National Issues
Henrik Jantzen, Kromann Reumert, Denmark On 20 January 2015, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court rendered two decisions of general interest to Freight Forwarders. The first case concerned inter alia whether court proceedings commenced in order to interrupt an...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | National Issues
Alexander Chebotarenko, chebotarenko@interlegal.com.ua Pacta sunt servanda Clear contractual terms usually guarantee successful transaction. But sometimes occurring force majeure events negatively impact the parties, who face problems in fulfillment of their...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2015 | National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 28 February 2015, the Supreme People’s Court of PRC published the Regulations on Certain Issues Concerning the Application of Law Relating to Arrest and Auction of Ships (“The Regulations”) which came into force on 1 March 2015....
by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Recently, the Beit Shemesh Magistrates Court rejected an importer’s claim against the Israel Customs Authority and ruled that even though it is possible to have a forgiving policy towards technical faults in the filing of...
by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, Insurance, National Issues
Shawn K. Faguy, Faguy & Co. Barristers & Solicitors Inc. We represented Travelers Insurance Company (“Travelers”) in its subrogated action against a supplier of iron ore pellets that froze en route from Port-Cartier, Quebec to Toledo, Ohio. The...