by Editor | Mar 21, 2022 | Carriage by Rail, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Update: Workers returned to their jobs on 22 March 2022 after an agreement to submit to binding arbitration. Following the required 72 hour lockout notice issued by CP management and the 72-hour...
by Editor | Jan 29, 2021 | Carriage by Rail, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The Ontario Court of Appeal recently considered whether a rail carrier is entitled to charge a shipper demurrage pursuant to its tariff in the absence of any contract for carriage or services...
by Editor | Aug 17, 2020 | Carriage by Rail, Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Ik Wei Chong + Christian Liu, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 30 June 2020, the Liangjiang New District People’s Court, Chongqing (“the Court”) handed down a judgment following legal proceedings over the ownership of goods filed by the holder of a Rail Bill...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2016 | Carriage by Rail, Case Summaries
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam On 4 May 2013 the first five wagons containing acrylonitrile of a freight train derailed in Wetteren, Belgium, due to the driver missing a sign alerting him for switches where the train had to reduce...
