Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, standby LCs, demand guarantees, and other trade
Following his writing in the past two editions of DCW, Robert Parson examines legal developments on sanctions and sanctions clauses that have arisen in courts recently and implications for LC practice.
The LC concept of negotiation has led to considerable misunderstanding and confusion in practice. In his article, Abdurrahman Özalp attempts to wade through areas of uncertainty and cast light on difficulties that confirming banks and beneficiaries could encounter.
When issuing banks insert complex reimbursement terms and self-serving conditions into their credits, it distorts the purpose of the product, causes problems for confirming banks, and drives exporters away from using LCs.
English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) reversed trial judgments in favour of standby beneficiaries.
In a high profile case involving standby letters of credit issued in connection with aircraft leases to Russian airlines and
💡Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. [2023] [2023] SGCA 28 [Singapore] Type of Lawsuit: Beneficiary appealed
Confirmation to any modern-day documentary credit is an essential risk mitigation tool for a beneficiary that enables it to deal
The article “My Take on the Need for ICC Interpretation of UCP 600 Article 35” by Pavel Andrle (Oct 2020
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