Berisford (S. & W.) Plc v New Hampshire Insurance Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1989 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) |
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67 cases
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Re Harrods (Buenos Aires) Ltd (No. 2)
...courts of a non-contracting state, no other contracting state being involved. In S & W Berisford plc v New Hampshire Insurance CoWLR ([1990] 3 WLR 688), where there was a dispute between an American company based in New York and the defendant company, deemed to be domiciled in the United Ki......
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Ferrexpo AG v Gilson Investments Ltd and Ors
...principle of forum non conveniens and the principle of lis alibi pendens is undeniable, and was recognised by Hobhouse J in S & W Berisford Plc v New Hampshire Co, [1990] 2 All ER 321 at p.331j and Potter J at Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co v Bryanston Insurance Co Ltd, [1990] 2 All ER 335......
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Transocean Offshore International Ventures Ltd v Burgundy Global Exploration Corp
...circumstances amounting to strong cause before it may be allowed to do so: S&W Berisford Plc and another v New Hampshire Insurance Co [1990] 2 QB 631; Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale v Kong Kok Keong and another action [2002] 1 SLR(R) 485; Bambang Sutrisno v Bali International Finance Lt......
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Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd (A company incorporated in Hong Kong) and Another v Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (A company incorporated in Tanzania) and Others
...an examination in some detail of the various authorities. An appropriate starting point is the decision of Hobhouse J in S & W Berisford v New Hampshire Insurance [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 454. That was a case where the learned judge found that the relevant clause was a non-exclusive jurisdicti......
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7 books & journal articles
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THE CONTRACTUAL BASIS OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE AND NON-EXCLUSIVE CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS
...Ocean Marine Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (1997) 41 NSWLR 117 at 127. 45 S & W Berisford Plc v New Hampshire Insurance Co [1990] 2 QB 631 at 636. 46 Continental Bank NA v Aeakos Compania Naviera SA [1994] 1 WLR 588 at 594: The juxtaposition of a submission by the defendants t......
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FORUM CONVENIENS
...exclusive in the sense of forbidding any action commenced elsewhere, see S. & W. Berisford PLC. & Anor. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co.[1990] 2 Q.B. 631 at 637G to 638B. 42. [1992] 2 S.L.R. 175. Of course, where the case involves the application of the Singapore Carriage of Goods by Sea Act,......
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Limitations of Access at the National Level: Forum Non Conveniens
...2 Lloyd's Rep. 383. [135]. Case C-281/02, Owusu v. Jackson, 2005 E.C.R. I-1383. [136]. S & W Berisford Plc v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., [1990] 2 Q.B. 631, 641 (concluding that Article 2 of the Brussels Convention "clearly applies to actions brought by persons who are not domiciled in any cont......
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AUSTRALIA'S ACCESSION TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS.
...relied particularly on Sohio Supply Co v Gatoil (USA) Inc [1989] 1 Lloyd's Rep 588; S & W Berisford plc v New Hampshire Insurance Co [1990] 2 QB 631; British Aerospace plc v Dee Howard Co [1993] 1 Lloyd's Rep 368; Continental Bank NA v Aeakos Compania Naviera [1994] 1 WLR 588. (21) Cont......
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