Learning Poetry in classrooms
Today’s children miss the joys of simple poetry
Marine cargo insurance
Are we missing the basics of marine cargo insurance?
Whatever be the bespoke wordings included in a policy, certain fundamental requisites need to be there without which these wordings would be meaningless
A common man's musings
Being a ‘middle’ man
Stuck in the middle seat on a domestic flight, had fun watching my neighbors to my left & right
Marine cargo insurance
Ex-works sale with Sellers’ Interest
Is Seller’s Interest clause relevant when sale is on ‘ex-works’ basis?
A common man's musings
Rock-a-bye baby!
When you think of a rocking-chair, what are the images which come to mind immediately? An elderly gentleman sitting on it peering at a newspaper or a grey-haired lady knitting a sweater or a mitten for her grand-kids. Retired, domestic bliss? Well, am not into that league just as yet but had a rocking-chair experience
Travel
Lalbaugcha Raja
As has been our practice for the last few years, this time too we were at Lalbaug on Ganesh Chaturthi for ‘ mukh darshan ‘ of the Raja. Total time for darshan – One hour fifty minutes. Well managed crowds though there was a fair bit of jostling in front of the idol. The volunteers
Marine cargo insurance
Labels clause- Simple? Not really
Labels clause is a common feature in most marine cargo policies these days. Different versions of the clause are in vogue but the essence of this clause is as under: ‘ Should there be a loss/damage to the labels on the insured subject-matter during transit, insurer’s liability will be limited to the cost of new
Marine cargo insurance
Insufficiency of packing- 4.3 of ICC
Possibly the most debatable portion of the Institute Cargo clauses- 1982! Insufficiency or unsuitability of packing, an exclusion under 4.3 of ICC-1982 was a potent weapon in the hands of claim settlers & loss assessors who knew all claimants would not seek legal recourse and went about invoking this exclusion at the slightest opportunity. Assureds