by Editor | Oct 20, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, International Conventions, Transport Documents
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Ltd v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm) Bright J. In this case the issues for determination were, a) whether a contractual time bar clause by clause 18 of the bill lading applying to...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 38 The international carriage of goods by sea is almost invariably governed either by the Hague Rules, a 1924 international convention for the unification of rules of law relating to...
by Editor | Nov 22, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. This matter reached our highest appellate court, The Supreme Court. I discussed the Court of Appeal decision in July 2023 – see the previous article on this website for the background. In short, the Supreme Court upheld the...
by Editor | Sep 15, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Charlotte Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The Netherlands – Coverage dispute, soybeans shipped from Brazil to Finland arrive moldy. Coverage denied, mold damage not the result of an uncertain occurrence, as well as exclusion for inherent...
by Editor | Sep 5, 2024 | Carriage by Road, Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, National Issues
Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Ref: Judgment of the Rotterdam District Court dated 26 June 2024 in the proceedings between FN Global Meat B.V., claimant and DLG Overseas Logistics & Services B.V., defendant. The Netherlands...
by Editor | Aug 29, 2024 | Carriage by Road, Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, International Conventions, Jurisdiction + Forum
Charlotte Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Vienna Sales Convention- applicability of general terms and conditions; failure to comply with duty to investigate (Art. 38) and Duty to Complain (Art 39) Ref: Judgment of the Den Bosch Court of...
