Chans Advice 269 – Sea / Air / Road freight charges v Cargo claims
It is an important common law rule in relation to the carriage of goods by sea, air or road that a claim in respect of cargo cannot be asserted by…
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 254 – Lifting corporate veil
In our last issue of Chans advice/253, the Hong Kong District Court’s judgment dated 26 April 2022 mentioned a case authority of China Ocean v Mitrans Shipping. We would like…
Chans Advice 253 – Transfer of business & Lifting corporate veil
The Hong Kong District Court issued a Judgment on 26 April 2022 dealing with a case concerned with transfer of business and lifting the corporate veil, and held a forwarder…
Chans Advice 252 – HKD 386 million theft (II)
We refer to our Chans advice/251 last month reporting the Hong Kong High Court’s decision to sentence Mr Ma (Hyundai Hong Kong’s former deputy general manager) to 15 years’ imprisonment.…
Chans Advice 251 – HKD 386 million theft
In Chans advice/191 and Chans advice/206, we reported a case relating to a shipping company’s claim against its former deputy general manager (Mr Ma) over the alleged theft of the…
Chans Advice 241 – Interpleader
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 13 May 2021 to deal with an interpleader action concerning the stakeholding of US$700,000 in relation to a dispute over some…
Chans Advice 239 – Small Claims Tribunal
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 22 January 2021 dealing with an appeal against a Small Claims Tribunal’s award concerning a dispute over a container terminal’s storage…
Chans Advice 238 – Air shipment without authority?
The Hong Kong District Court issued a Decision on 8 May 2020 upholding a summary judgment ordering one forwarder to pay outstanding airfreight charges of HK$440,000 to another forwarder.