by Editor | Oct 9, 2016 | Transport Documents
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel In August 2016, a decision was rendered by the Haifa District court, as Admiralty Tribunal, according to which a foreign jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading applied to a third party that was not a party to the...
by Steve Block | Aug 29, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Legal Lookout, Transport Documents
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Whether master contract trumps conflicting bill of lading is a question of fact not properly decided on summary judgment. Shipper-carrier volume cargo arrangements typically are documented by master contracts stating general terms...
by Editor | Jul 28, 2016 | Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In this recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the NVOC claimed a contractual lien over goods in transit for all debts owed by a bankrupt importer (almost $1.5 million)....
by Editor | Sep 29, 2014 | Transport Documents
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Under the terms of a Bill of Lading the shipper, the receiver, the consignee, the holder of the Bill of Lading, the owner of the cargo and, usually, anybody further defined as merchant in the Bill of...
