October 2025
DCW Monthly: October 2025
From digital trade to defense finance, this month we're looking at how law and policy continue to evolve
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DCW Articles
How Secure is Your Security?
A recent Singapore case highlights the potential inherent risks for banks that take credit insurance policies as security.
DCW Articles
Export Controls a Vital Catalyst for WMD Controls
Past experience has shown effective implementation and enforcement of export controls are a key to counteracting WMD programmes.
DCW Litigation Digest
Tracy v. Surofchek [2025]
Appeal of denied bill of costs obtaining supersedeas LC.
DCW Scam Survey
Choksi Arrested, but Extradition to India on Hold
Following a request from India for Mehul Choksi’s extradition, Belgium arrested the fugitive former diamond trader on 12 April
DCW Scam Survey
Former Sri Lankan Official Arrested for Unauthorized LC Use
A former Additional Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Agriculture State Ministry is facing charges in connection with an alleged financial
2025 Singapore Event Materials
IIBLP Event Materials | 2025 Singapore
Guarantee & Standby Forum: May 19 Non-Case Material: * Singapore Paper Shows Banks Clear Inspection, but Gaps Remain (MAS Paper -
DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: April 2025
This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?
DCW Feature
ICC Opinions: Why has Usage Reduced?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
DCW Articles
Causation in Misdelivery Cases: The “Maersk Katalin”
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
April 2025
Views on ISDGP’s Explanation of URDG 758 Article 15(c)
URDG 758 Article 15(c) makes clear that the requirement stated in Article 15(a) always applies unless expressly excluded in the guarantee, but does ISDGP help or harm in explaining this provision?
DCW Updates
Singapore Paper Shows Banks Clear Inspection, but Gaps Remain
Four years after the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) roll out of a “Code of Best Practices – Commodity Financing”