by Editor | Nov 26, 2023 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Maurice Lynch and Jason Symons, Mills Oakley, Australia Australia is amid a tumultuous period of cyber upheaval. Last weekend, another large Australian business was exposed to a cyber-attack. Australian businesses must now be thinking “If not now, when?” The attack...
by Editor | Oct 30, 2023 | Carriage by Sea, International Conventions, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Bill C-47, the budget implementation omnibus Act, received royal assent on 22 June 2023 and came into force on 20 September. Subdivision A of Division 21 of Part 4 amends the Marine Liability...
by Editor | Oct 11, 2023 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. As I prefaced in earlier articles (here and here), The Law Commission has been scrutinising the Arbitration Act 1996 and has now issued its final report after a couple of consultation rounds. As I intimated in my earlier articles,...
by Editor | May 1, 2023 | National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The Law Commission project is ongoing – see my earlier article here. They issued a first consultation paper, considered the results and, as a consequence, then issued a second consultation paper inviting responses – the...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2023 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, National Issues
Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers B.V. The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal rendered a judgment on 21 March 2023 (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2023:2521) in a case concerning a claim by insurer Ergo Versicherung AG against Morcargo B.V., Morcargo...
by Editor | Nov 21, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, National Issues
Andrew Yates, Lane Powell, USA What began as a straightforward dispute between an importer and Maersk[1] over demurrage charges incurred during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic has now become a major retaliation complaint before the Federal Maritime Commission...
