| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 97 (Apr) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2012] EWHC 1023 (Comm) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court |
| Judge: | Teare J |
| Representation | Stephen Houseman (instructed by Clifford Chance LLP) for the claimant. |
| Vasanti Selvaratnam QC and Henry Ellis (instructed by Bryan Cave) for the second defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 April 2012 |
Catchwords
Practice - Pre-trial or post-judgment relief - Service out of the jurisdiction - Claimant bringing arbitration claim against defendant companies - Claimant serving documents on second defendants lawyer in Russia - Claimant applying for order declaring service on second defendants - Whether English court to make retrospective declaration of service - CPR 6.15(2).
The Case
Practice Pre-trial or post-judgment relief. The Commercial Court granted the claimant's application for retrospective declaration that the proceedings in an arbitration action had been validly served on the second defendant in Russia where good reason had been shown for such an order to be made pursuant to CPR 6.15(2).
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