DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: March 2025
This month, we sort through some of the big questions shaping LC practice today. Is it time to rewrite UCP
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DCW Readers Speak
Indian Cases: Often Misunderstood and Misreported
Having seen your recent installment of DCW Scam Survey covering Indian cases (Indian Importer, Officials Booked for Cheating Tied to
DCW Scam Survey
P&R Containers’ Reputation, Business Habits Masked EUR 3 Billion Shell Game
P&R Containers was not a run-of-mill investment scam. And that contributed heavily in making it one of Germany’
DCW Scam Survey
Customs Evasion Rampant, Says Dhaka Tribune
Coal and stone imports from India coming into Bangladesh’s Sonahat Land Port and Chilmari River Port are being misdeclared
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Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, standby LCs, demand guarantees, and other trade
DCW LC Statistics
LC Statistics: 4Q24 US Bank LC Issuance
DCW delivers quarterly LC issuance statistics from the top 600 US-based banks. Here’s the latest data for 4Q 2024.
DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: February 2025
This month, we're spotlighting the challenges and hard-earned lessons emerging from LC disputes and sanctions enforcement crackdowns. Carter
DCW Articles
Letters of Credit*
Continuing an annual survey written by top legal experts each year since 1992, Carter Klein examines the most significant letter of credit issues emerging from cases decided in 2023.
DCW Articles
Hard Cases – Taking Stock of How Trader Defaults and Geopolitical Events Shaped LC Court Decisions
Following his writing in the January 2025 edition of DCW, Robert Parson continues his look at high profile cases by revisiting decisions surfacing from Singapore commodity defaults of recent years.
DCW Articles
Simple Documentary Credit Format
In the fourth instalment of his DCW article series on major issues surrounding potential revision of UCP, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell reinforces the case for simple documentary credits and offers tips on how to construct them.
DCW Articles
Addressing Misconceptions of Electronic Signatures
There's more (or less) to signatures than how they are labelled. In his article, Dr. Alan Davidson sheds light on variants of electronic signatures.
DCW Updates
Digitalisation to Take Center Stage in Dubai
The push to advance trade through digitialisation figures prominently on the agendas of industry events taking place in Dubai, United