| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1998] All ER (D) 739 |
| Court: | House of Lords |
| Judge: | Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Lord Steyn, Lord Hoffmann and Lord Millett |
| Representation | Anthony Trace QC and Rebecca Stubbs (instructed by Le Boeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae) for the appellants. |
| Richard Southern (instructed by Cameron McKenna) for the respondents. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 December 1998 |
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Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Challenge to jurisdiction - Claim by insurer - Insurer domiciled in Lithuania repudiating liability to English company - Insured claiming against insurer - Insurer serving defence and counterclaim - Insurer seeking to join further parties as defendants to counterclaim - Whether court having jurisdiction over counterclaim - , art 11.
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