Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, standby LCs, demand guarantees, and other trade
Canada's Court of King’s Bench of Alberta denied injunction application of LC Applicant who sought to enjoin Beneficiary demand on standby LC.
To support its obligations for a gas pipeline project in British Columbia, Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Inc. (Contractor/Applicant) applied for and caused HSBC Bank Canada (Issuer) to issue a CAD 117,162,384 standby letter of credit in favour of Coastal Gaslink Ltd. (Principal/Beneficiary).[[1]] Contractor/Applicant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bonatti, S.p.A. (Contractor Owner), was engaged by Principal/Beneficiary in 2012 to build certain sections of the liquid natural gas pipeline (the Contract). Construction, however, “experienced significant challenges” due to the pandemic, which included a five-month suspension of work pursuant to a Public Health Order.
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