Ultisol Transport Contractors Ltd v Bouygues Offshore SA ('The Bos 400')

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
JudgeEvans,Mummery L JJ,Sir John Knox
Judgment Date24 July 1998
Date24 July 1998

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  • Chapter 11: Jurisdiction, Foreign Judgments and Choice of Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Product Liability: Law and Insurance
    • Invalid date
    ...would impact upon the conduct of litigation abroad by parties who are not bound by the jurisdiction agreement: Bouygues Offshore SA v Caspian Shipping Co [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 461. Cf. Donohue v Armco Inc [2000] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 579. Sinochem International Oil v Mobil Sales and Supply Corp [200......
  • Chapter 14: Jurisdiction and Arbitration
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Insurance Disputes Part 1: General Contracts
    • Invalid date
    ...granting the injunction. Among these new factors was the existence of parallel proceedings in South Africa: Bouygues Offshore SA v Caspian Shipping Co [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 461. 6 Usually, the defendant in the English proceedings is the claimant in the foreign proceedings. However, if both s......
  • Chapter 3: The 1976 Limitation Convention and its 1996 Protocol
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Part 1: Limitation of Liability: A Commentary on the 1976 Limitation Convention and other relevant regimes
    • Invalid date
    ...or property was arrested or attached. Article 13(2) has been construed, in an obiter passage, by one member of the Court of Appeal in Bouygues Offshore S.A. v. Caspian Shipping Co. and Others (Nos 1, 3, 4 and 5) 220 as only being triggered if the shipowner has obtained a limitation decree a......
  • Schedules
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Merchant Shipping Act 1995. An Annotated Guide
    • Invalid date
    ...of the issue of jurisdiction and stays in relation to claims concerning limitation of liability under the Convention see The Bos 400 [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 461; The Herceg Novi [ 1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 454; The Kapitan Shvetsov [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 199; The Happy Fellow [1997] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. ......
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