This judgment is a useful working illustration of how our courts now approach return applications under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, incorporated into our law as Schedule 2 to the Children’s Act 38 of
In the context of motor accidents the expressions “caused by” and “arising out of” are often used in statutes. Although both these expressions imply a causal relationship between the accident resulting in injury and the use of the motor vehicle…
On 22 May 2026, the UK’s Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Tonzip Maritime (Singapore) Pte Ltd v. 2 Rivers Pte Ltd (The Catalan Sea) [2026] EWCA Civ 641, allowing the shipowners’ appeal and confirming that a charterparty…
There is more large truck traffic here in Illinois and Indiana than in other parts of the country because we are an international commercial hub recognized as the “Crossroads of America.” The greater number of 18-wheelers, big rigs, tractor trailers,…
The Court of Appeal holds today that when a boat engine manufacturer warranties the boat engine and then replaces the engine when that engine no longer works, that’s sufficient under the Song–Beverly Consumer
Warranty Act — the engine manufacturer doesn’t have…
To many colleagues in the IP community, the Kangol case issued by the Seventh Circuit last week, along with with its cousins, Smart Study (2d Cir. 2025) and Lahr (3d Cir. 2024), seems to slam the door shut on intellectual…
Key Takeaways: What Every Overweight Truck Accident Victim Should Know Texas law limits trucks to 80,000 pounds maximum gross weight without special permits, with single axles limited to 20,000 pounds and tandem axles to 34,000 pounds, as codified in Texas…