Feature Commentaries
January 30, 2012
Manager of Customs Brokerage Firm Held Personally Liable for Importer’s Damages
A manager of a forwarding / customs brokerage firm who is personally involved in the negligent release of goods without the presentation of an original bill of lading may be held personally liable tow... January 24, 2012
Development of Electronic Documents under Rotterdam
Our readers will recall that UNCITRAL (the United Nations Commission on Trade Law) was the “sponsor” of the Rotterdam Rules, a Convention that has yet to be ratified some years later. Duri... January 17, 2012
The temporary detention of goods ("counterfeit goods" or "pirated goods")
On 1st December 2011 the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down an important decision pertaining to the entry into the European Community and the export and re-export from the Communi... January 15, 2012
London Maritime Arbitration (Part 2)
[Ed Note: This is part 2 of a 3 part article, republished with our thanks to the author.]
Choosing an arbitrator
There are of course horses for courses, as the saying goes, and there are some ca... January 9, 2012
Mitigation of damages: the plaintiff’s duty to its wrongdoer
To some, it seems counterintuitive that one who has been wronged by another’s breach of contract, negligence, or worse gets saddled with legal responsibilities to the bad guy. But that’s e... December 28, 2011
London Maritime Arbitration (Part 1)
[Ed Note: This is part 1 of a 3 part article, republished with our thanks to the author. Part 2 will be published January 2012.]
Why arbitration
From at least the last quarter of the 19th centur... December 21, 2011
Soviet Era Ports Monopoly Ceases to Exist in Ukraine. Investors, to Arms!
New Law on Seaports is Aimed to Infrastructure Reform
Slightly changing the words of the famous Russian Bolshevik revolution leader V.I. Lenin, now we can safely say that “the revolutionR... December 15, 2011
Forwarder forced to compensate uninsured importer
Recently, a verdict was handed down by the court for small claims in Tiberias, which obliged an international forwarder to compensate an importer of speakers from Chinese, since the goods got wet and... December 8, 2011
World Bank opens Logistics Performance Survey
The World Bank invites logistics professionals to participate in their Logistics Performance Survey as part of the Logistics Performance Index 2009.
The survey aims to collect information from indu... November 24, 2011
When Possession Is No Longer Nine-tenths of the Law – How To Protect Your Property Interests and Survive Under The New PPS Regime
[Ed. Note: This article was originally published in Lloyd’s List Daily Commercial News, Edition No. 895 - Thursday, October 13, 2011, and is republished here with our thanks to the author.]
P... November 18, 2011
24 Signatories, 1 party for Rotterdam Rules
Two years after the original signing ceremony a trickle of nations have expressed support for the Rotterdam Rules. In July 2011 Sweden became the 24th nation to sign the Rules; while this shows an int... November 14, 2011
Are Damages Caused By Dampness as a result of rain force majeure?
Recently, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal for a verdict of the District Court, in which it was decided that a taxi driver owed damages on a cargo he delivered.
The facts of the case:
A med...
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