Landing Lawyers Larry and Avon Win Final Trial in International Freight Case, Second Instance Fully Upholds Original Judgment

Recently, the Guangdong High People’s Court issued a final judgment on the appeal brought by a trading company and its shareholder, dismissing the appeal and affirming the original judgment. The supply chain company represented by Lawyers Larry and Avon of Landing (Shenzhen) Law Office once again achieved a complete victory in the case.

This case involved a dispute over an international multimodal transport contract for goods. The court of first instance ordered the trading company to pay several million yuan in outstanding freight charges plus interest, dismissed its counterclaim for cargo damage, and held the shareholder jointly and severally liable. Unwilling to accept the first-instance judgment, the opposing party appealed, changed its attorneys in the second instance, and submitted a large volume of new evidence in an attempt to overturn the outcome.

In the second instance, Lawyers Larry and Avon anchored their arguments firmly in the facts already established at first instance, delivering forceful responses on the key issues in dispute—such as the determination of the freight amount, the existence of cargo damage, and the independence of the shareholder’s property. The second-instance court fully accepted our position, finding that the freight invoices had been confirmed, the cargo damage counterclaim lacked evidentiary support, and the shareholder had failed to prove the independence of its property. Consequently, it dismissed all of the opposing party’s appeal requests and upheld the original judgment.

This final-instance victory fully safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the supply chain company. The client expressed high satisfaction with the outcome, once again demonstrating the professional competence of Landing lawyers in complex maritime and admiralty cases.