Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, demand guarantees, and other trade finance instruments.
-- link to Kuvera case
In Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the Singapore Court of Appeal on 28 September 2023 reversed the trial court’s judgment granted in favour of JPMorgan. (Summary of trial decision at Nov./Dec. 2022 DCW 18). JPMorgan added its confirmations to two UCP600 letters of credit issued by Dubai-based Bank Alfalah Ltd. to support a resale of coal cargoes between an Indonesian seller and UAE buyer. Kuvera Resources was beneficiary under the credits as it had advanced funds to the Indonesian on-seller. Included in its advices and subsequent confirmations was JPMorgan’s Standard Sanctions Clause. (See boxed text).
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