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Moeve Trading SAU v Mael Trading FZ LLC [2026] EWHC 17 (Comm) - King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Peter MacDonald Eggers KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 13 January 2026

Sale of goods - Payment by letter of credit - Whether provision of letter of credit amounted to unconditional or conditional payment - Passing of property - Whether payment conditional on receipt of bills of lading - Sale of Goods Act 1979, sections 28, 32 and 49

Online Published Date: 30 January 2026

Appeared in issue: 1204 - 30 January 2026

Valency International Pte Ltd v JSW International Tradecorp Pte and Others [2026] SGCA 1 - Singapore Court of Appeal (Justice Steven Chong, Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean and Justice Ang Cheng Hock) - 12 January 2026

Tort - Conversion - Instructions to release cargo under delivery orders - Whether an act of conversion - Bills of lading - Financier pledging bills of lading to issuing bank as security for loan - Bank returning bills of lading to financier under trust receipt arrangement - Whether pledge extinguished by redelivery of bills to the financier

Online Published Date: 30 January 2026

Appeared in issue: 1204 - 30 January 2026