Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, demand guarantees, and other trade finance instruments.
Seller sued Collecting Bank for breach of URC 522
The appeal in Zenrock. In a crude oil transaction, a bank issuing an LC accused the buyer of fraud, leading to dishonor of the LC; however, the court ruled in favor of the seller...
Local Guarantor petitioned for rehearing from the Supreme People’s Court of order for Counter Guarantor to terminate payment to Local Guarantor for having committed guarantee fraud and not acting in “good faith”.
Within the recent past, trade finance banks have suffered billions in losses due to fraud. This has obliged many banks to reconsider their role in financing trade flows whilst others have simply abandoned the business. Citing Glencore, Navig8 Armetrine, and Hin Leong
Prominent Chinese lawyer Saibo Jin alerted delegates at the IIBLP Annual Survey of LC Law & Practice in Hong Kong
Unreimbursed LC Issuer alleged sham transaction between Beneficiary and insolvent Applicant.
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