DCW Monthly: May 2026
It's been just under two months since the ICC Banking Commission voted against revising UCP 600, but the
The ICC has neither accepted the draft as a standard requirement, nor have they been successful in casting it out from LC practice. This article is an attempt to resolve the confusion and place bills of exchange laws and the UCP in their proper perspectives.
Non-documentary conditions and the General Rule against them can be prone to unhelpful misconceptions, potentially resulting in problems.
A survey conducted by DCW reinforces the notion that the eUCP Directory to date has been unable to boost confidence in the rules supplement designed for electronic commercial credits.
A recent Singapore case highlights the potential inherent risks for banks that take credit insurance policies as security.
Past experience has shown effective implementation and enforcement of export controls are a key to counteracting WMD programmes.
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.
URDG 758 Article 15(c) makes clear that the requirement stated in Article 15(a) always applies unless expressly excluded in the guarantee, but does ISDGP help or harm in explaining this provision?
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.
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?
Beyond questions on the rule of strict construction of LC terms, the In re Spiegel case should engender a discussion of the requirements of UCP vs. ISP on what certified means with respect to a government or court-issued document.
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.
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