Chans Advice 270 – Hague Visby Rules vis-a vis transhipment
In this issue, we would like to discuss an important English Court case authority establishing the principle that the Hague Visby Rules (“the Rules”) apply from the port of loading…
Chans Advice 267 – Warehouse fire under PRC Maritime Code
In the Shanghai Maritime Court’s Judgment dated 25 August 2005, the court explained how the PRC Maritime Code dealt with the liability of carriers for cargo loss and damage in…
Chans Advice 265 – Costs on indemnity basis
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision As To Costs on 5 December 2024 ordering a shipowner (which lost in an anti-suit injunction court case) to pay the winning…
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 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 248 – US vs Singapore jurisdictions
The United States District Court (Southern District of New York) issued an order on 29 November 2021 to deny a shipping company’s motion to rely on the Singapore jurisdiction clause…
Chans Advice 210 – HK or Yangon? (II)
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal issued a Judgment on 12/2/2018 to deal with the cargo owners’ seeking leave to appeal against the High Court’s Judgment reported in our Chans…
Chans Advice 209 – HK or Yangon?
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Judgment on 25/8/2017 to determine whether the Hong Kong Court or the Yangon Court was the natural and appropriate forum in an in…
Chans Advice 199 – District Court’s jurisdiction
The High Court of Hong Kong issued a Judgment on 22/5/2017 holding that the District Court has jurisdiction to determine bill of lading and bailment cases.
Chans Advice 193 – Hague Rules v Hague Visby Rules (II)
Remember our Chans advice/163 about the English High Court’s Judgment holding the Hague Visby Rules instead of the Hague Rules to apply to the cargo damage claim case in excess…