Closely related to the shipping and admiralty practice is the Firm’s involvement in international trade disputes. In this regard, the Firm has handled and continues to handle, claims arising from documentary credit provided for international trade, acting for reputable trade financiers such as Swiss Banks.

The litigation teams handling the international trade portfolio has experience in undertaking various aspects of dispute relating to the following:

The Firm also handles and continues to handle highly contentious disputes involving matters in international trade transactions which result in admiralty actions against shipowners for mis-delivery in discharging and releasing cargo without presentation of the bill of lading etc.

The Firm also handles cross-border trade disputes arising from FOB, CIF contracts etc.

Some Reported Cases:

• Win Line (UK) Ltd v Masterpart (Singapore) Pte Ltd & Anor [2000] 2 SLR 98
• The Jeil Crystal [2021] SGHC 292 *

NOTE: * Notable Decisions