How UCC Article 5 governs letters of credit in the US, its non-variable provisions, and the legal nuances that affect issuers and beneficiaries.
English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) reversed trial judgments in favour of standby beneficiaries.
Canada's Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed trial judgment, dismissing LC Applicant's appeal and terminating short term interim injunction.
Further to previous DCW reporting of a scam involving use of a bogus document labelled a standby letter of credit and other fraudulent documents (Florida County Defrauded of USD 1.4 Million, DCW Scam Survey, Jul/Aug 2023), one of three men implicated in a scheme to defraud Florida’s Manatee County out of nearly USD 1.4 million has been sentenced to jail and ordered to pay restitution.
Sanctions clauses that are wisely or imprudently constructed continue to be inserted into trade finance instruments and may heavily impact the legal rights and transactional obligations of involved parties.
In a high profile case involving standby letters of credit issued in connection with aircraft leases to Russian airlines and
The onset of the global pandemic in March 2020 necessitated immediate and sometimes drastic changes in how banks and other
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group VI (Negotiable Cargo Documents) held its 44th Session at the
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