London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Kingdom of Spain; London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v French State (THE “PRESTIGE”) (NO 4)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Neutral Citation[2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm)
Year2020

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4 cases
  • PJSC National Bank Trust v Boris Mints
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 11 Abril 2022
    ...obligation to honour the award merges in such a judgment ( London Steamship Owner' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Kingdom of Spain [2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm), [90(3)]). A similar issue arises in relation to the action on an award which culminates in a judgment. The argument that the abilit......
  • The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 Noviembre 2021
    ...AND PROPERTYCOURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES COMMERCIAL COURT (QBD) Mr Justice Henshaw and Mr Justice Butcher [2020] EWHC 1582 (Comm) and [2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm) Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Christopher Hancock QC & Alexander Thompson (instructed by Ince Gordon Dadds LLP)......
  • General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v State of Libya
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 Junio 2021
    ...(EC) No 1393/2007 applies (London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v. Kingdom of Spain (No 4) (The Prestige)[2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm); [2020] 1 WLR 5279). 55. Finally in this regard, I should refer to Wallishauser v. Austria (Application No 156/04), 17 July 2012, a decision......
  • Premier Cruises Ltd v DLA Piper Rus Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 1 Febrero 2021
    ...between PCL and DLA UK can sensibly be said to fall within the scope of the arbitration exception: see The “Prestige” (No 4) [2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm), [2020] 2 Lloyd's Rep 365 per Butcher J at [106]–[108]. Arbitration is not the principal focus of the English proceedings against DLA UK; the ......
1 firm's commentaries
  • UK Litigation Review 2020
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 26 Octubre 2020
    ...ensued, including arbitration by the vessel's insurers in which they successfully sought 73 (Case C-500/18) EU:C:2020:264. 74 [2020] EWHC 1920. UK LITIGATION REVIEW 2020 33 declarations that Spain and France were in breach of obligations not to pursue direct civil claims other than by arbit......