Q3 2025 CPD Certificates Available
DCW members earn CPD credit each quarter. Following the first certificate released earlier this year, your Q3 2025 certificate is
DCW Articles
Receiving Direct Presentation from a Second Beneficiary: What’s an Issuing Bank to Do?
How are LC specialists to understand UCP600 Article 38(k) in situations where a second beneficiary bypasses the transferring bank and presents documents directly to the issuing bank? Scenarios, fundamental issues, and a proposal for revising this UCP sub-article are addressed here.
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Although ICC’s Technical Advisory Briefing No. 9 released in March 2024 addresses the subject of direct presentation of documents to an issuing bank, it did not take up the matter of it arising under a transferable documentary credit. Here, I would like to examine UCP treatment of such situations.
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DCW Monthly: September 2025
From London to New Delhi to New York, this issue brings together the latest laws, rulings, and rule-set debates in
September 2025
A Comparison of URDG 758 and UN Guarantee Convention
URDG 758 and the UN Guarantee Convention both address independent guarantees and in many respects their content is similar, but differences exist in their areas of focus.
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Delhi High Court Decides for Beneficiary. What Took So Long?
The Indian judicial process can move at a sluggish pace, but the facts of this LC case suggest it should not have lingered. Ashish Madan considers the discrepancies and asks questions if other factors contributed to the delay.
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New York Legislature Passes 2022 UCC Amendments
Enactment of the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code updates New York’s commercial law to fully recognize electronic records. They also affirm that signed electronic letters of credit have the same legal effect as paper-based LCs.
