Chans Advice 266 – Suit in HVR
According to the Hague-Visby Rules, the carrier shall be discharged of all liability in respect of the cargoes unless suit is brought within one year of their delivery or the…
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 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 246 – Nominal damages II
In our Chans advice/244, we reported the Hong Kong High Court case that the forwarder was held liable to pay nominal damages of HKD1,000 to the shipper in the cargo…
Chans Advice 244 – Nominal damages
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Judgment on 13 August 2021 holding a forwarder liable to pay nominal damages of HKD1,000 to a shipper in a cargo misdelivery claim…
Chans Advice 192 – Anti-suit injunction (VI)
Remember our Chans advice/171 of 31/3/2015 reporting that the Hong Kong Court of Appeal discharged the Mareva injunctions against Hin-Pro? The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal issued a Judgment…
Chans Advice 190 – Assignment vis-à vis cargo misdelivery
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Judgment on 22/8/2016 dealing with a case that a forwarder wanted to strike out a cargo misdelivery claim on the ground that the…
Chans Advice 189 – Air cargo misdelivery (II)
Remember our Chans advice/165 (reporting the Hong Kong Court of Appeal holding the Hong Kong forwarder liable to pay US$852,339 plus costs and interest to the Indian bank in the…
Chans Advice 181 – Cargo misdelivery – anti suit injunction
Cargo Misdelivery The Hong Kong High Court issued a Judgment on 12/1/2016 refusing to grant a shipowner an anti-suit injunction because of the shipowner’s delay in applying for the anti-suit…
Chans Advice 180 – LOI – specific performance
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Judgment on 24/11/2015 dealing with a mandatory injunction and specific performance in respect of a letter of indemnity in connection with a delivery…