by Editor | Sep 15, 2020 | COVID-19, National Issues
By Yingbo (George) Wang & Xin Mu, Dentons Beijing Since the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, numerous central and local authorities in China have enacted policies to bailout businesses and individuals. Meanwhile some of higher people’s courts have issued...
by Editor | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada All provinces in Canada continue on “lock-down”, with most non-essential businesses closed and most provincial governments taking measures to enforce social distancing rules. The...
by Editor | Dec 30, 2019 | Commercial Issues, Jurisdiction + Forum, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in respect of a claim by a shipping company against a supplier of marine engine parts turned on the question of whether or not Canadian Maritime Law or...
by Editor | Oct 7, 2019 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Claudio Perrella LS Lex, Italy Many contracts in the shipping industry provide free use for a certain period of the container, and provide for increasing daily charges after such a free time. The shipping line usually specifies a number of free days after which the...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, partner, Albert Huang, Associate, Clyde + Co Westlink JLV, Shanghai Liaoning High Court recently issued a judgment ending a six-year legal battle over a consignment of iron ore stored in Dalian Port. The judgment addressed a tricky issue: Where the...
by Editor | Jun 24, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
Pauline Davies, Fee Langstone, New Zealand The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is a native of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and is a serious agricultural pest in all places where it has become established, including the USA and parts of Europe and...