Chans Advice 264 – Straight B/L v Order B/L
What is the difference between a straight bill of lading and an order bill of lading? This can be illustrated in the Wuhan Maritime Court’s Judgment dated 17 September 2019…
Chans Advice 263 – Montreal Convention – 26 SDRs/kg
The Montreal Convention is an international treaty agreed by 140 states in respect of governing carriers' liability for injury or death of passengers, damage to or loss of baggage and…
Chans Advice 262 – Undisclosed principal
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 2 October 2024 dismissing a shipping company’s application to strike out a forwarder’s third party indemnity claim in a cargo (frozen…
Chans Advice 261 – Seminar (28 May 2024) Q&A Part 2
This continues the Q&A in our off-line real seminar on Uncollected and Undelivered Cargo on 28 May 2024. Participants were keen to know more about seaway bills, how war plays…
Chans Advice 260 – Seminar (28 May 2024) Q&A Part 1
Against the post-Covid tide, we ran an off-line real seminar on Uncollected and Undelivered Cargo on 28 May 2024. Attendance could not be compared with any webinars but the number…
Chans Advice 259 – Aircraft on fire
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 21 July 2023 in relation to a case that an aircraft (worth at least USD 80 million) and its cargoes were…
Chans Advice 258 – HKD 386 million theft (IV)
Following the issue of Chans advice last month, we would like to report the latest decision issued by the court over this theft case. On 17 January 2023, the Hong…
Chans Advice 257 – HKD 386 million theft (III)
We reported in our Chans advice/252 that the Hong Kong High Court held Hyundai Hong Kong’s ex-Deputy General Manager (Mr Ma) liable to compensate HK$387,655,303.70 to Hyundai Hong Kong in…
Chans Advice 256 – Ship collision – security for costs
The Hong Kong High Court issued a decision on 31 May 2022 ordering a South Korean shipowner to provide a Hong Kong shipowner with security for costs in the amount…
Chans Advice 255 – Chapter 46 Foreign Judgments (Restriction on Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance
In the transport industry, the contracts of carriage (e.g. Bills of Lading, Air Waybills) usually contain an exclusive jurisdiction clause for settling disputes. However, it is not uncommon that the…