DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, standby LCs, demand guarantees, and other trade
This month, we sort through some of the big questions shaping LC practice today. Is it time to rewrite UCP
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.
OCBC sues STI Orchard and Winson Oil over losses in a deal with Hin Leong Trading involving 780,000 barrels of gasoil, leading to fraud-related losses. The transaction aimed at selling 36,000 mt of gasoline to PT Pertamina after blending.
In The “STI Orchard”, an in rem admiralty action, the High Court of Singapore denied a financing bank’s motion
![Crédit Agricole Corp. & Inv. Bank, Singapore Branch v. PPT Energy Trading Co. [2022]](/content/images/size/w30/wordpress/2022/03/Credit-agricole-v-PPT-energy-DCW.jpeg)
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...
Two years after news of the Hin Leong Trading debacle surfaced and fraud in the commodity trading sector came to light, repercussions are still being felt.
Twenty-five forgery-related charges were levied last year against Lim Oon Kuin, founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading.
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