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Freight claim in case of premature termination of freight contract The plaintiff, a fixed-cost freight forwarder, asserted against its principal (the defendant) a freight claim of €190,000 under a multimodal transport contract (road, inland waterway and sea vessel) from Germany to Sweden. The freight contract was only partially executed by the plaintiff, which had commissioned the intervener as sub-carrier with the transport. However, after there had been a dispute with the plaintiff concerni...

Choice of law and resolution methods In your jurisdiction, are there constraints on the choice of law or the method of dispute resolution provided for in joint venture agreements? Argentine law generally allows parties to choose the law that will govern their agreements as long as some connection to the system of law that is selected exists, although certain matters are governed exclusively by local law. Therefore, members of a contractual joint venture (JV) would, in principle, be permitted to...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. COVID-19 has had an economic impact across a wide range of industries, including hospitality, airlines, automotive, construction, logistics, and more, and many performance obligations on contractual parties have been rendered impossible. However, many others—while certainly more difficult, complicated, or expensive—remain literally or legally possible. While COVID-19 will continue to have...

Grant money for Utahns in the live events industry pounded by the pandemic The GOED is granting $3 million for Utahns in the live events industry whove been hurt in the pandemic. and last updated 2020-12-16 12:01:23-05 SALT LAKE CITY — People who produce live events like concerts, plays and conventions have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The state of Utah is making money available to those who’ve lost work in those areas. It’s called the Utah COVID-19 Live Events Gra...

1. Marine Casualty 1.1 In the event of a collision, grounding or other major casualty, what are the key provisions that will impact upon the liability and response of interested parties? In particular, the relevant law / conventions in force in relation to: (i) Collision ICC"), which was enacted in the 19 th century, provides that: a. If the collision is caused by force majeure, or if there are doubts as to the cause of the collision, the damages shall be borne by those who have suffered them....

Resolutions of the annual general meeting of shareholders of AS PRFoods 14.12.2020 The annual general meeting of shareholders (the Meeting) of AS PRFoods (the Company) was held without convening a meeting in accordance with § 299.1 of the Commercial Code. The voting took place via submitting the voting ballots during the period from 7.12.2020 to 13.12.2020. According to the Commercial Code, in the event of non-voting, the shareholder is deemed to have voted against the resolution. Following th...

In the matter of H (Step-Parent Adoption) [2020] EWFC 86 Cobb J gives a short judgment on an application under s46 Adoption and Children Act 2002 by a step-father to adopt a 17 year old girl (H). H was born in Thailand. Her parents never married and although he was named on the birth certificate the father did not acquire parental responsibility. H and her mother have lived in the UK with the father since 2011. The mother and step-father have married and have 2 younger children together. H and...