The Client applied to Interlegal upon the problem of non-issuing Bill of Lading by the carrier

The Client – large sunflower oil exporter – applied to Interlegal regarding the problem, namely rejection to issue Bill of Lading by the carrier, which could result in non-fulfillment of the Client’s obligations under trade contract.

The Client’s request assumed to determine and to assess application of legal instruments aimed to defend its interests under the current legal relations, including analysis of prospects for applying to the court.

The Client faced a situation which required for a complex approach, including analysis of both trade contract and agreement on carriage by sea, fixing their correlation and procedure of regulation, with regards to blockade of the Ukrainian seaports.

Interlegal lawyers analyzed situation and the present documents, followed by drafting a detailed legal opinion for the Client, with regards to provisions of both the Ukrainian legislation and the English law governing the agreement on carriage by sea.

Interlegal lawyers also provided legal assessment of actions committed by parties to the current legal relations, as well as granted options to solve the Client’s problem, having analyzed all the available mechanisms of legal impact on the carrier.

With a vast experience of legal support both in trade and in transport, Interlegal law team not only answered to the Client’s questions but also granted practical recommendations facilitating settlement of the issue.

If you have faced a similar problem or unfair counteragents in the framework of trade activity, our law team is always ready to help you, to analyze the situation and to propose all the available legal mechanisms aimed to settle the dispute.

Interlegal law team led the case: lawyer Taras Dragan, lawyer  Karina Shakhbazian, associate attorney Mykola Kozachenko, junior lawyer Diana Mykhailova, managed by associated partner Karyna Gorovaya