NEWS & ARTICLES Orexim Trading Ltd vs Mahavir Port and Terminal Private Ltd. This is a dispute for more than seven million dollars involving facts that emanate both from the shipping and the trading side of the commodity business. This case concerns a shipment of 10.000 Mts of Ukrainian sunflower seed oil traded on FOSFA…
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NEWS & ARTICLES Fraude de facturas La página web de muchos bancos nacionales y extranjeros nos informan de la creciente práctica en las transacciones comerciales del llamado fraude de facturas. Por ejemplo Caixabank lo explica en los siguientes términos: ¿Qué es? El fraude de facturas es una estafa basada en la ingeniería social dirigida a…
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NEWS & ARTICLES El artículo 1265 del CC establece que “Será nulo el consentimiento prestado por error, violencia, intimidación o dolo.” En el presente artículo analizaremos en qué consiste la intimidación y si es posible anular la cláusula o el contrato cuando existe una “intimidación económica” -lo que en Common Law es conocido como “economic…
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NEWS & ARTICLES 1.1- Medidas adoptadas en relación a los préstamos hipotecarios. La moratoria de pago. Desde el inicio de la grave crisis sanitaria provocada por el brote de COVID-19 en todo el mundo, el Gobierno español ha venido adoptando medidas a través de Reales Decretos-Ley no solo en el ámbito sanitario sino también en…
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NEWS & ARTICLES Last 5th December 2018 the English Supreme Court issued a very interesting judgment “Volcafe Ltd and others v. Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA” about the liability of a sea carrier in respect to a cargo of coffee beans delivered in damaged condition. The application of the Hague Convention to this carriage…
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ARTÍCULOS & NOTICIAS La sala Primera del Tribunal Supremo se pronunció en Pleno el pasado 11 de septiembre en su sentencia núm. 463/2019 sobre los efectos de la nulidad de las cláusulas de vencimiento anticipado en los préstamos hipotecarios fijando las premisas que ya había señalado el propio TJUE: i. La cláusula de vencimiento anticipado declarada…
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ARIZON ABOGADOS S.L.P. 21st November 2019 NEWS & ARTICLES CARRIER’S LIABILITY IN CASE OF THEFT IN INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE CONTRACTS BY ROAD Recent Spanish case law establishes patterns of exoneration of liability to the carriers, in case of theft of goods during the performance of the carriage contract by road, quite restrictive that –in most cases-…
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Force majeure events affecting the traders’ businesses do not excuse failure to perform a sales contract or a charter party, no matter how severe the disruptions caused are. The recent case of Classic Maritime Inc. v Limbungan Makmur SDN BHD & Lion Diversified Holdings BHD reminds us the importance of proving causation in order to…
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The court interpreted the terms of a voyage charter party (“VC”) and two letters of indemnity (“LOI”) to answer whether a claim brought by the disponent owners (“Navig8”) under the letter was defeated by the operation of a time bar clause in the voyage charter party. This was an appeal by a voyage charterer (“Glencore”)…
DetallesEl visado de Residencia para Inversores “Golden Visa”. Con la entrada en vigor de la Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre, de apoyo a los emprendedores y su internacionalización se introdujo la posibilidad de obtener el visado de residencia por parte de aquellos extranjeros, sean personas físicas o jurídicas, que realicen determinadas inversiones significativas de capital…
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Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of containers at the port of destination in Saint Petersburg (Russia) for about 150.000,00 USD. The appellants…
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It is no secret that Spain is a major cargo interest country where insurance recoveries against carriers account for the largest part of the maritime legal practice. The entry into force of the Spanish Shipping Act (SSA) brought some hopes for the cargo interest to stop major shipping lines from successfully obtaining stay of proceedings…
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This was an appeal by trader Glencore against the $100m damages, interest and costs for deceit awarded by Flaux J to the Romanian oil company, Petrom. Flaux held that Glencore was liable for selling counterfeit cargoes of crude oil, inferior and cheaper crudes having been blended to resemble recognised grades of «Iranian Heavy» and «Gulf…
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