Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, demand guarantees, and other trade finance instruments.
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
Beneficiary Lodged Creditor's petition against insolvent Non-Bank Issuer alleging wrongful dishonour.
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
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