| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1997] All ER (D) 107 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Phillips, Waller and Chadwick LJJ |
| Representation | Timothy Young QC and Arshad Ghafar (instructed by More Fisher Brown) for the defendants. |
| Michael Nolan (instructed by Swinnerton Ashley Claydon & Co) for the plaintiffs. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 11 December 1997 |
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Shipping - Carriage by sea - Damages for breach of contract - Stay of proceedings - Bill of lading providing for referral of disputes to court in Pakistan - Plaintiff commencing action in England and allowing time limit for bringing action in Pakistan to expire - Whether time bar in Pakistan reason for permitting plaintiffs to proceed in England in breach of jurisdiction clause.
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