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Rajah & Tann Asia | Singapore, United Kingdom | 12 Jan 2022
Maritime Piracy and the Entitlement to Contributions for Ransoms Paid
Are shipowners entitled to recover part of the ransom paid to pirates as general average contribution from the holders of the bill of lading? That…
Helmsman LLC | Singapore | 16 Nov 2021
Court of Appeal rules on effect of bills of lading in landmark case
The Court of Appeal recently issued a landmark judgment concerning bills of lading, holding that the relevant bills of lading did not have contractual force or effect as a contract of carriage or a document of title. This judgment is remarkable in several respects, not only as regards bills of lading issued in respect of bunker cargoes loaded on board bunker barges for delivery to ocean-going......
WSCO Advokatpartnerselskab | Denmark | 3 Nov 2021
Court rules that jurisdiction agreement in bill of lading cannot be set aside due to "international character" of dispute
The Supreme Court of Denmark recently determined whether legal proceedings against a Danish shipping company, which had contracted to carry containers from China to Copenhagen, could proceed in Denmark irrespective of the fact that the claimant and the shipping company had agreed that the dispute should be heard exclusively in the United Kingdom.
Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, China, etc. | 4 Oct 2021
In-house interview: How blockchain could facilitate the advent of electronic bills of lading
Errol Bong, head of compliance & legal counsel at Noble Group, explains that blockchain presents an opportunity to fix some of the risks and toils of using paper bills of lading to prove ownership in international trade.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, European Union, Global, etc. | 27 Sep 2021
Commodities trading: how blockchain can help manage key risks
Errol Bong, head of compliance & legal counsel at Noble Group, discusses how blockchain can solve some of the key risks associated with commodities trading, such as safeguarding bills of lading, and controlling fraud exposure.Noble Group is a commodities trading platform headquartered in Hong Kong.Interview conducted by Samantha Gilbert, Senior Content Editor for Lexology PRO.
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 15 Jul 2021
Maritime Disputes Newsletter - July 2021
"…bills of lading very often contain a provision that freight is payable as per a charterparty. That may direct payment to a charterer. In such a case…
Hill Dickinson LLP | United Kingdom | 16 Mar 2021
“TAI PRIZE” - Bills of lading and ‘apparent good order and condition’ - apparent to whom?
In the previous edition of Trade Advantage (August 2020), we reported on the High Court decision. The Court of Appeal has recently issued their…
Hill Dickinson LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 5 Mar 2021
Trade Advantage March 2021
UK sanctions mirror EU sanctions broadly but the regimes are not identical. There are differences in substance, interpretation and with respect…
RPC | United Kingdom | 2 Mar 2021
False statements in a bill of lading and the indemnities to a master
This Article discusses the recent decision of the English Court of Appeal in the case of “TAI PRIZE” [2021] EWCA Civ 87 on the industry practice of…
Hill Dickinson LLP | United Kingdom | 29 Jan 2021
Lavender Shipmanagement Inc -v- Ibrahima Sory Affretement Trading S.A and others [2020] EWHC 3462 (Comm)
The court considered an application to set aside an award regarding the Tribunal’s jurisdiction and its ruling on a time bar issue. Background facts…
