Akai Pty. Ltd v People's Insurance Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Thomas J. |
| Judgment Date | 31 July 1997 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) |
| Date | 31 July 1997 |
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72 cases
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BAS Capital Funding Corporation and Others v Medfinco Ltd and Others
...his word." It has been held that the same principles apply whether the contractual forum is England or another country: Akai Ply Ltd v. People 's Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 90, 104;Import Export Metro Ltd v Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA [2003] EWCH 11 (Comm), [2003] 1 Lloyd's ......
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AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC
...jurisdiction. 152 I turn next to consider the authorities in this field which have been cited to us. 153 In Akai Pty Ltd v. People's Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 90, the plaintiff, Akai, had entered into a contract with the defendant, PIC, an insurer. Akai was incorporated in New S......
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Donohue v. Armco Inc. et al., (2001) 294 N.R. 356 (HL)
...Pagnan S.p.A.; Ship Angelic Grace, Re, [1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 87, refd to. [paras. 25, 53]. Akai Pty. Ltd. v. People's Insurance Co., [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 90, refd to. [para. M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. (1972), 497 U.S. 1, refd to. [para. 25]. Auto Haus Frohlich Ltd. and Frohlich v. ......
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(1) Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London v (1) Syrian Arab Republic
...… be assessed in the context of the foreign proceedings.” 163 I agree with the way it was put by Thomas J in Akai Pty Ltd v People's Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 90, 97: “The court must consider the matter objectively; it must have regard to the general framework of its own procedu......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Is my foreign arbitral award enforceable? The effect of COGSA on foreign law and jurisdiction clauses and enforcement in Australia
...High Court of Australia finding that the same contract was governed by English law because of the choice of law clause (Akai v PICC [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 90). Even more recently, a similar attitude was displayed by an English court in OT Africa Line Ltd v Magic Sportswear [2005] 1 Lloyd's Re......
6 books & journal articles
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ENFORCING ENGLISH JURISDICTION CLAUSES IN BILLS OF LADING
...75, at [28]. 79 See supra n 29. 80 Du Pont de Nemours & Co v Agnew [1987] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 585, Akai Pty Ltd v People’s Insurance Co Ltd[1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 90 noted in F M B Reynolds, “Overriding Policy of the Forum: the Other Side of the Coin”[1998] LMCLQ 1; UBS AG v Omni Holding AG[2000] 1 ......
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PROBLEMS IN THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF US CLASS ACTION JUDGMENTS IN SINGAPORE
...decision was subsequently affirmed by the House of Lords on other grounds). See also Akai Pty Ltd v The People's Insurance Co[1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 90 at 97. 64 Whether such agreements take the form of an exclusive or non-exclusive choice of jurisdiction clause. 65[1971] QB 133. 66[1971] QB 1......
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THE CONTRACTUAL BASIS OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE AND NON-EXCLUSIVE CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS
...Ultisol Transport Contractors Ltd v Bouygues Offshore SA[1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 140 at 149; Akai Pty Ltd v People’s Insurance Co Ltd[1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 90 at 105 (QBD). 66 Union Discount Co Ltd v Zoller [2002] 1 WLR 1517. See also Maersk Sealand v Ali Hussein Akar[2003] EWHC Comm 797. 67 Dono......
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Anti‐suit Injunctions and the Doctrine of Comity
...or dispute arising hereunder shall be subjectto English law and the jurisdiction of the English High Court of Justice inLondon.16 [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 90 at [2] per Thomas J.17 See also Continental Bank NA vAeakos Compania Naviera SA and Others [1994] 1 WLR 588.18 Aggeliki Charis Compania M......
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