Cancelling arrest of goods at the maritime terminal

Cancelling arrest of goods at the maritime terminal

A large international grain trade applied to Interlegal, due to arrest imposed on its own goods by court ruling, since it was allegedly physical evidence under criminal proceedings against officials of state-owned company.

Arrest of goods would cause essential material losses for the Client, since it violated supply terms under agreements between the Client and its counteragents.

However, the Client was not a party to the above case proceedings; nor its title on the goods was contested. It should be noted also that the goods were arrested at the marine terminal in the process of loading on board; therefore, such situation would cause losses related to demurrage recovery.

Interlegal lawyers facilitated cancelling arrest by court, having justified the fact that criminal proceedings should not affect the Client’s rights, since the Client was not a party to the above case proceedings, and there are no essential grounds to state that the goods unlawfully became the Client’s ownership.

Interlegal business-development manager Viktoria Krotova, associate attorney Vitalii Tolstik and lawyer Nikita Kocherba are leading the case.