The recent judgment of the District Court Groß-Gerau offers an instructive illustration of the complex internaction between the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), the Brussels I Regulation and the Rome I Regulation in cross-border transport disputes. I. Introduction Cross-border road transport disputes within the EU frequently raise […]
Category: Shipping Industry
BGH confirms: An application for confirmation of the scope of an arbitral clause can be filed even if proceedings on the merits are already pending in a state court: BGH, 6 November 2025, I ZB 33/25
Case Summary and Background The dispute decided by BGH on 6 November 2025 (case ref: I ZB 33/25) arose from a complex international supply relationship involving ship engines. In 2007, a German manufacturer sold four ship engines to an Australian company, I. Ltd., which installed them in the vessel “E.”. Over time, the ship changed […]