This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
Four years after the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) roll out of a “Code of Best Practices – Commodity Financing”
Bench trial for negligent misrepresentation claim by beneficiary against advising bank.
In the fifth instalment of his DCW article series on major contemporary issues surrounding documentary credit practice, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell offers his thoughts on the highly-charged question: Is it time for UCP to be revised?
Contractor-applicant appealed dismissal of complaint against principal of insolvent beneficiary and judgment debtor.
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.
A webinar hosted by the Association of Trade Finance Compliance Professionals (ATFCP) on 28 January 2025 featured particular focus on
Issuer ICBC applied to stay action alleging forum non conveniens.
Applicant Consolidated Electrical Distributors ex parte motion for temporary restraining order against issuer Bank of America.
After receiving dozens of containers filled with soil, gravel and stones instead of the valuable natural minerals it had agreed
Contractor Shinetec (Australia) and parent company Shanxi Construction Investment Group (standby applicant) appealed dismissal of claims against beneficiary The Gosford.
For the 25th consecutive year, the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice conducted its one-day Letter of Credit Law Summit. This Executive Summary provides an overview of topics discussed and debated at the conference hosted by Hogan Lovells in New York and conducted as a hybrid event.
Following his May 2024 conviction on two cheating charges and one count of instigating forgery for the purpose of cheating,
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