| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 317 (Apr) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2003] EWHC 863 (Comm) |
| Court: | Commercial Court |
| Judge: | Andrew Smith J |
| Representation | Stephen Morris QC (instructed by Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter) for the claimants. |
| Stephen Males QC and Michael Ashcroft (instructed by Clyde & Co) for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 April 2003 |
Catchwords
Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Convention jurisdiction - Contract - Contract of insurance - Interpretation of underlying policy - Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001.
The Case
In a dispute between the claimant French company and its Italian insurers, the court dismissed the claimant's application for an injunction preventing the insurers from continuing proceedings in Italy, and allowed the insurers' application for a stay of the English proceedings.
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