Hitting the Bull’s Eye
The UK Court of Appeal held that the one-year time bar for claims under the Hague-Visby Rules applies to claims for misdelivery, even if said misdelivery occurred after discharge.
Our specialist logistics and container lawyers advise on all business issues that arise from land, sea and air transportation, plus the sale, purchase and delivery of goods. We routinely advise across financing and leasing, corporate (including structuring and M&A), commercial contracts, taxation and management in this niche industry.
Shippers, freight forwarders and owners and operators of shipping assets seek our advice on the sale and purchase of containers, freight forwarding agreements, container interchange agreements, standard terms of service, billing and collection agreements, bills of lading, sales agency agreements, insurance, reinsurance, environmental and regulatory issues.
In addition, we regularly act for banks and financial institutions, leasing companies and ship owners on the financing solutions for containers ranging from secured loans and operating and finance leases, to structured finance products.
The UK Court of Appeal held that the one-year time bar for claims under the Hague-Visby Rules applies to claims for misdelivery, even if said misdelivery occurred after discharge.
The Italian government has announced new measures on the procedure for drilling to secure the long-term supply of domestically produced natural gas initiated in its new Aiuti quater Decree.
The article summarises the main elements of the directive proposed by the EU Commission to adapt the rules on non-contractual civil liability to allow for artificial intelligence.