| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1997] All ER (D) 21 |
| Court: | House of Lords |
| Judge: | Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Steyn, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Cooke of Thorndon and Lord Hope of Craighead |
| Representation | Timothy Charlton QC and Alan Roxburgh (instructed by Clyde & Co) for the plaintiffs. |
| Kenneth Rokison QC and Jeffrey Gruder and Daniel Jowell (instructed by Ince & Co) for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 October 1997 |
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Admiralty - Jurisdiction - Claim for loss of or damage done to goods carried in ship - Cargo owners bringing action in rem in English court - Judgment obtained in action in personam in India - Whether English proceedings in rem barred - Whether statutory provision preventing same cause of action being tried twice - s 34.
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