DCW Monthly: September 2026
This month's content returns to a question the rules answer clearly and the courts sometimes do not: who
Sberbank
6 articles
DCW Articles
To What Extent is a Confirming Bank’s Undertaking Independent of the Issuing Bank’s Undertaking to the Beneficiary?
Editor's Note: This article predates the Court of Appeal's June 2024 decision in Celestial Aviation ([2024]
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Celestial Aviation Services Ltd. v. Unicredit Bank, London Branch [2023 EWHC 663]
💡Celestial Aviation Services Ltd. v. Unicredit Bank, London Branch 2023 EWHC 663 Type of Lawsuit: Beneficiaries sued Confirming Bank that
DCW Feature
Celestial Aviation Services Ltd. v. Unicredit Bank, London Branch [2023 EWHC 1071]
💡Celestial Aviation Services Ltd. v. Unicredit Bank, London Branch 2023 EWHC 1071 Type of Lawsuit: Subsequent hearing on an ancillary
DCW Updates
English Court Says Sanctions Did Not Prevent Bank from Paying under LCs
Further to previous reporting (“Aviation Company Says Bank Wrongfully Dishonored LCs Backing Russian-Leased Planes”, April 2022 DCW 6), the
DCW Updates
EU Sanctions Sberbank
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, was designated by the European Union in its seventh package of sanctions against Russian persons
DCW Updates
Aviation Company Says Bank Wrongfully Dishonored LCs Backing Russian-Leased Planes
Celestial Aviation Services, a subsidiary of Irish-based aircraft leasing giant AerCap, filed a USD 45.8m suit in London