Chans Advice 249 – Well founded claims
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal on 1 December 2021 allowed a charterer’s appeal against a High Court’s Decision dated 13 April 2021 (which disallowed the charterer’s charter hire claims…
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 247 – Abuse of process
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 30 September 2021 holding a shipowner’s Defences as an abuse of process in a case of unpaid crew wages.
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 245 – Forum shopping
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 11 May 2021 staying a South Korea container terminal’s legal action in Hong Kong with respect to its allision claims of…
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 243 – Worldwide Mareva injunction
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 15 March 2021 converting a domestic Mareva injunction into a worldwide Mareva injunction in a shipowner’s freight and demurrage claim against…
Chans Advice 242 – 3-year Time bar
The Hong Kong District Court issued a Decision on 30 April 2021 dealing with a personal injury case in relation to a container terminal.
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 240 – Wreck removal
The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 22 Feb 2021 holding that the wreck removal claims of a ship sunk were not subject to the Convention on Limitation…