by Editor | Nov 18, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai In China, whilst it is usual practice for the cargo owners and insurers to lodge claims against ocean carriers for damage to and loss of cargo, claims against port operators are also increasing, especially when the accidents occurred...
by Editor | Nov 5, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Felipe Arizon, Arizon Abogados SLP, Spain The Court of Appeal of Valencia handed down last 16 of January 2019 a judgment holding the freight forwarder responsible for the damages arising out of the delivery of the goods without production of the bill of lading. The...
by Editor | Aug 28, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Ref: De Wolf Maritime Safety B.V. v. Traffic-Tech International Inc. 2017 FC 23 In this claim for loss of cargo en route from Canada to Europe, the defendant forwarder Traffic-Tech International...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine A foreign bunkering company filed a request to Interlegal on securing debt recovery for lubricant supply amounting to 90,000 USD, with payment delay for over half-year. To defend the Client’s interests, Interlegal lawyers...
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 | Jul 15, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG [2019] EWHC 481 (Admlty) Teare J. Background This recent Admiralty case raises a number of interesting points of law and fact arising out of the grounding on 17th May 2011 of the...
