Hearings
19 Nov 1979 [1980] 1 All ER 689, QBD (Parker J)
22 Apr 1980 [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
04 Dec 1980 [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
19 Nov 1979 [1980] 1 All ER 689, QBD (Parker J)
22 Apr 1980 [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
04 Dec 1980 [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
PRACTICE — Discontinuance of action — Interim payments, effect of — Portuguese plaintiff injured on American ship in English port — English personal injuries action — Defendants making interim payments — Notice of discontinuance without leave — Injunction to restrain proceedings for higher damages in United States — Whether notice of discontinuance and injunction valid — RSC, Ord 21, r 2 (1) (2); Ord 29, r 9
[1980] 1 All ER 689, QBD
[1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
[1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Jurisdiction — Personal injuries — Portuguese plaintiff injured on American ship in English port — Action begun in England — Proceedings in United States for higher damages on contingency fee basis — Whether injunction to stay proceedings in foreign forum valid
[1980] 1 All ER 689, QBD
[1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
[1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 All ER 689, QBD
Decision of Parker J reversed
Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
Statutory Instruments
RSC (Rules of the Supreme Court) (0000 ), Ord. 29, r. 9
RSC (Rules of the Supreme Court) (0000 ), Ord 21, rr 2(1)(2), 3(1)
Cases considered in: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
MacShannon v Rockware Glass Ltd [1978] AC 795; [1978] 2 WLR 362; [1978] 1 All ER 625, HL(E) Considered
The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436; [1973] 2 WLR 795; [1973] 2 All ER 175; [1973] 2 Lloyd's Rep 197, HL(E) Considered
Cases cited in: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
Acrow (Automation) Ltd v R Chainbelt Inc [1971] 1 WLR 1676; [1971] 3 All ER 1175, CA
Carron Iron Co. Proprietors v. Maclaren (1855) 5 H.L.Cas. 416, H.L.(E.).
Christiansborg, The 10 PD 141, CA
Cohen v Rothfield [1919] 1 KB 410, CA
Conybeare v Lewis 13 ChD 469, CA
Fox v Star Newspaper Co Ltd [1900] AC 19, HL
Goldsmith v Sperrings Ltd [1977] 1 WLR 478; [1977] 2 All ER 566, CA
Hartlepool, The (1950) 84 Ll.L.R. 145.
Hess v. Labouchere (1898) 14 T.L.R. 350, C.A.
Hospital for Sick Children (Board of Governors) v Walt Disney Productions Inc [1968] Ch 52; [1967] 2 WLR 1250; [1967] 1 All ER 1005, CA
In Re Busfield; Whaley v Busfield 32 ChD 123, CA
Ionian Bank Ltd v Couvreur [1969] 1 WLR 781; [1969] 2 All ER 651, CA
Liddell’s Settlement Trusts, In re [1936] Ch 365, CA
Lord Kinnaird v Field [1905] 2 Ch 306, CA
M'Elroy v. M'Allister, 1949 S.C. 110.
MacShannon v Rockware Glass Ltd [1978] AC 795; [1978] 2 WLR 362; [1978] 1 All ER 625, HL(E)
Mackender v Feldia AG [1967] 2 QB 590; [1967] 2 WLR 119; [1966] 3 All ER 847, CA
Mackey v James Henry Monks (Preston) Ltd [1918] AC 59, HL
McHenry v. Lewis (1882) 22 Ch.D. 397, C.A.
Mundy v The Butterley Co Ltd [1932] 2 Ch 227, Ch D
Newcomen v Coulson (No 2) 7 ChD 764, Ch D
Peruvian Guano Co v Bockwoldt 23 ChD 225, CA
Raymond v Tapson 22 ChD 430, CA
Sayers v International Drilling Co NV [1971] 1 WLR 1176; [1971] 3 All ER 163; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 105; 11 KIR 65, CA
Senior v Holdsworth, Ex parte Independent Television News Ltd [1976] QB 23; [1975] 2 WLR 987; [1975] 2 All ER 1009, CA
Settlement Corpn v Hochschild [1966] Ch 10; [1965] 3 WLR 1150; [1965] 3 All ER 486, Ch D
Siskina (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v Distos Cia Naviera SA [1979] AC 210; [1977] 3 WLR 818; [1977] 3 All ER 803; [1978] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, HL(E)
The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436; [1973] 2 WLR 795; [1973] 2 All ER 175; [1973] 2 Lloyd's Rep 197, HL(E)
The Chaparral [1972] 2 Lloyd's Rep 315, SC (US)
The Metropolitan Bank Ltd, and Arthur Cooper The Liquidator Thereof v Alexander Gopsell Pooley 10 App Cas 210, HL
The Soya Margareta [1961] 1 WLR 709; [1960] 2 All ER 756, PDA
Tropaioforos, The (No 2) [1962] 1 Lloyd's Rep 410
United Australia Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1941] AC 1; [1940] 4 All ER 20, HL(E)
Cases cited in: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
Birkett v James [1978] AC 297; [1977] 3 WLR 38; [1977] 2 All ER 801, HL(E)
Blanchard v. Commonwealth Oil Co. (1961) 294 F. 2d 834.
Broome v Cassell & Co Ltd [1972] AC 1027; [1972] 2 WLR 645; [1972] 1 All ER 801, HL(E)
Bushby v. Munday (1821) 5 Madd. 297.
Carron Iron Co. Proprietors v. Maclaren (1855) 5 H.L.Cas. 416, H.L.(E.).
Christiansborg, The 10 PD 141, CA
Cole v. Cunningham (1890) 133 U.S. 107.
Duport Steels Ltd v Sirs [1980] 1 WLR 142; [1980] ICR 161; [1980] 1 All ER 529, HL(E)
Ellerman Lines Ltd v Read [1928] 2 KB 144, CA
Goldsmith v Sperrings Ltd [1977] 1 WLR 478; [1977] 2 All ER 566, CA
Harvey Aluminium Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co. (1953) 203 F. 2d 105; 15 F.R.D. 14.
Ionian Bank Ltd v Couvreur [1969] 1 WLR 781; [1969] 2 All ER 651, CA
Liddell’s Settlement Trusts, In re [1936] Ch 365, CA
Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Area Health Authority [1980] AC 174; [1979] 3 WLR 44; [1979] 2 All ER 910, HL(E)
M'Elroy v. M'Allister, 1949 S.C. 110.
MacShannon v Rockware Glass Ltd [1978] AC 795; [1978] 2 WLR 362; [1978] 1 All ER 625, HL(E)
Mareva Cia Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA (The Mareva) [1980] 1 All ER 213; [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509; (1981) 131 NLJ 517; (1975) 119 SJ 660; (1981) 131 NLJ 770; The Times, 1 July 1975, CA
Newcomen v Coulson (No 2) 7 ChD 764, Ch D
Portarlington (Lord) v. Soulby (1834) 3 Myl. & K. 104.
Saxicava, The [1924] P 131, CA
Siskina (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v Distos Cia Naviera SA [1979] AC 210; [1977] 3 WLR 818; [1977] 3 All ER 803; [1978] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, HL(E)
St Pierre v South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 KB 382, CA
Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory [1980] Ch 576; [1980] 3 WLR 168; [1980] 1 All ER 241, CA
The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436; [1973] 2 WLR 795; [1973] 2 All ER 175; [1973] 2 Lloyd's Rep 197, HL(E)
The Janera [1928] P 55, PDA
Tropaioforos, The (No 2) [1962] 1 Lloyd's Rep 410
Western Electric Co. Inc. v. Racal-Milgo Ltd. [1979] R.P.C. 501, C.A.
Cases subsequently considering: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
Applied in Fourie v Le Roux [2007] UKHL 1; [2007] 1 WLR 320; [2007] Bus LR 925; [2007] 1 All ER 1087; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 571, HL(E)
Applied in Gilham v Browning [1998] 1 WLR 682; [1998] 2 All ER 68, CA
Applied in Ernst & Young v Butte Mining Plc [1996] 1 WLR 1605; [1996] 2 All ER 623, Ch D
Distinguished in Société Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v Lee Kui Jak [1987] AC 871; [1987] 3 WLR 59; [1987] 3 All ER 510, PC
Considered in National Coal Board v National Union of Mineworkers [1986] ICR 736, Ch D
Applied in South Carolina Insurance Co v Assurantie Maatschappij “De Zeven Provincien” NV [1987] AC 24; [1985] 1 WLR 1336; [1986] 3 WLR 398; [1986] 3 All ER 487; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 317, HL(E)
Considered in Thyssen-Bornemisza v Thyssen-Bornemisza [1986] Fam 1; [1985] 2 WLR 715; [1985] 1 All ER 328, CA
Applied in British Airways Board v Laker Airways Ltd [1985] AC 58; [1983] 1 WLR 1293; [1984] 3 WLR 413; [1984] 3 All ER 39, HL(E)
Applied in Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd v Bloch [1983] 1 WLR 730; [1983] 2 All ER 72, CA
Cases citing: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 833; [1980] 3 All ER 72; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 423, CA
Kallang Shipping SA Panama v Axa Assurances Senegal (The Kallang) (No 2) [2008] EWHC 2761 (Comm); [2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep 124, QBD
Legal Services Commission v Loomba [2012] EWHC 29 (QB); [2012] 1 WLR 2461; [2012] 2 All ER 977; [2012] 2 Costs LR 367; (2012) 162 NLJ 138, QBD
Cases citing: Castanho v Brown and Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557; [1980] 3 WLR 991; [1981] 1 All ER 143; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 113, HL(E)
Airbus Industrie GIE v Patel [1991] 1 AC 119; [1999] 1 AC 119; [1998] 2 WLR 686; [1998] 2 All ER 257; [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 631, HL(E)
Ali v Westminster City Council [1999] 1 WLR 384; [1999] 1 All ER 450, CA
Arcadia Group Ltd v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 223 (QB), QBD
BAS Capital Funding Corpn (2) Deutsche Bank AG London (3) Paine Webber Capital Inc (4) PW Exe LP (5) PW Partners 1999 LP v (1) Medfineco Ltd (2) Abacus Holdings Ltd (3) Andreas W Gerdes (4) HTC Inc (5) iWorld Group Europe Holdings Ltd [2003] EWHC 1798 (Ch), Ch D
BAS Capital Funding Corpn v Medfinco Ltd [2003] EWHC 1798 (Ch); [2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep 652, Ch D
Babanaft International Co SA v Bassatne [1990] Ch 13; [1989] 2 WLR 232; [1989] 1 All ER 433; [1988] 2 Lloyd's Rep 232, CA
Bank of Tokyo Ltd v Karoon (Note) [1987] AC 45; [1986] 3 WLR 414; [1986] 3 All ER 468, CA
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council v Persons Unknown [2023] UKSC 47; [2024] 2 WLR 45; [2024] 2 All ER 431; [2023] WLR(D) 513; The Times, 5 February 2024, SC(E)
British Airways Board v Laker Airways Ltd [1984] QB 142; [1983] 3 WLR 544; [1983] 3 All ER 375, CA
British Airways Board v Laker Airways Ltd [1985] AC 58; [1983] 1 WLR 1293; [1984] 3 WLR 413; [1984] 3 All ER 39, HL(E)
Cartier International AG v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd (Open Rights Group intervening) [2014] EWHC 3354 (Ch); [2015] Bus LR 298; [2015] 1 All ER 949; [2015] 1 All ER (Comm) 641; [2015] IP & T 243; [2015] RPC 7; [2014] WLR (D) 464, Ch D
Cartier International AG v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd (Open Rights Group intervening) [2016] EWCA Civ 658; [2017] Bus LR 1; [2017] 1 All ER 700; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 507; [2016] WLR (D) 389, CA
Chai v Peng [2014] EWHC 1519 (Fam), Fam D
Chai v Peng [2014] EWHC 1519 (Fam); [2014] CN 916, Fam Ct
Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [1993] AC 334; [1993] 2 WLR 262; [1993] 1 All ER 664; [1993] 1 Lloyd's Rep 291, HL(E)
Commerzbank AG v RusChemAlliance LLC [2023] EWHC 2510 (Comm); [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 587, KBD
Connelly v RTZ Corpn Plc (No 3) [1998] AC 854; [1997] 3 WLR 373; [1997] 4 All ER 335; [1999] CLC 533, HL(E)
Continental Bank NA v Aeakos Cia Naviera SA [1994] 1 WLR 588; [1994] 2 All ER 540; [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 505, CA
Convoy Collateral Ltd v Broad Idea International Ltd [2021] UKPC 24; [2023] AC 389; [2022] 2 WLR 703; [2022] 1 All ER 289; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 633, PC
Coupland v Arabian Gulf Oil Co [1983] 1 WLR 1136; [1983] 3 All ER 226, CA
Department of Social Security v Butler [1995] 1 WLR 1528; [1995] 4 All ER 193; [1996] 1 FLR 65, CA
Ebert v Venvil [2000] Ch 484; [1999] 3 WLR 670, CA
Ernst & Young v Butte Mining Plc [1996] 1 WLR 1605; [1996] 2 All ER 623, Ch D
Fourie v Le Roux [2007] UKHL 1; [2007] 1 WLR 320; [2007] Bus LR 925; [2007] 1 All ER 1087; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 571, HL(E)
Gilham v Browning [1998] 1 WLR 682; [1998] 2 All ER 68, CA
High Comr for Pakistan in the United Kingdom v National Westminster Bank plc (Prince Mukkaram Jah, interested party) [2015] EWHC 55 (Ch); [2015] CN 83, Ch D
High Comr for Pakistan in the United Kingdom v Prince Muffakham Jah [2019] EWHC 2551 (Ch); [2020] Ch 421; [2020] 2 WLR 699; [2019] WLR(D) 561, Ch D
Horn Linie GmbH & Co v (1) Panamericana Formas E Impresos SA (2) Ace Seguros SA [2006] EWHC 373 (Comm), QBD
Horn Linie GmbH & Co v Panamericana Formas e Impresos SA [2006] EWHC 373 (Comm); [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 924; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 44, QBD
In re G [2022] EWCA Civ 1312; [2023] Fam 107; [2022] 3 WLR 1339; [2023] 3 All ER 291; [2022] WLR(D) 392, CA
Linemile Properties Limited & Anor v George Anthony Plater & Anor [2023] EWHC 810 (Ch), Ch D
Maclaine Watson & Co Ltd v International Tin Council (No 2) [1989] Ch 286; [1988] 3 WLR 1190; [1988] 3 All ER 257, CA
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd (No 3) [2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] QB 503; [2009] 2 WLR 669; [2009] Bus LR 216; [2008] 2 All ER (Comm) 1146; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301, CA
Mercedes Benz AG v Leiduck [1996] AC 284; [1995] 3 WLR 718; [1995] 3 All ER 929; [1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep 417, PC
Midland Bank Plc v Laker Airways Ltd [1986] QB 689; [1986] 2 WLR 707; [1986] 1 All ER 526, CA
Motorola Credit Corpn v Uzan (No 2) [2003] EWCA Civ 752; [2004] 1 WLR 113, CA
Muduroglu Ltd v T C Ziraat Bankasi [1986] QB 1225; [1986] 3 WLR 606; [1986] 3 All ER 682, CA
National Coal Board v National Union of Mineworkers [1986] ICR 736, Ch D
New Forest District Council v Owen [2013] EWHC 265 (QB), QBD
New Forest District Council v Owen [2013] EWHC 265 (QB); [2013] CN 368, QBD
O T Africa Line Ltd v (1) Magic Sportswear Corpn (2) Blue Banana (3) Eastern Marine Underwriters Inc (4) CNA Canada Holdings Inc (5) Subrogate Way Inc [2005] EWCA Civ 710, CA
OT Africa Line Ltd v Magic Sportswear Corpn [2005] EWCA Civ 710; [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 32; [2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep 170, CA
Parker v Camden London Borough Council [1986] Ch 162; [1985] 3 WLR 47; [1985] 2 All ER 141; 84 LGR 16, CA
Pembrokeshire County Council v Ryan Jack Cole & Anor [2024] EWHC 2187 (Ch), Ch D
SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd [2019] EWHC 2481 (Comm), QBD
SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 599, CA
Sabah Shipyard (Pakistan) Ltd v Islamic Republic of Pakistan [2002] EWCA Civ 1643; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 571, CA
Sabah Shipyard (Pakistan) Ltd v The Islamic Republic of Pakistan [2002] EWCA Civ 1643, CA
Severfield (UK) Ltd v Duro Felguera UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 3352 (TCC), QBD
Sheltam Rail Co (Pty) Ltd v Mirambo Holdings Ltd (Practice Note) [2008] EWHC 829 (Comm); [2009] Bus LR 302; [2009] 1 All ER 84; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 195; [2008] 1 CLC 805, QBD
Silkstone v Tatnall [2011] EWCA Civ 801; [2012] 1 WLR 400; [2011] WLR (D) 230, CA
Singh (Tarsem) v The Charity Commission [2016] EWHC B33 (Ch), Ch D
Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd v Bloch [1983] 1 WLR 730; [1983] 2 All ER 72, CA
Smith v Backhouse [2022] EWHC 3011 (KB), KBD
Société Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v Lee Kui Jak [1987] AC 871; [1987] 3 WLR 59; [1987] 3 All ER 510, PC
South Bucks District Council v Porter [2003] UKHL 26; [2003] 2 AC 558; [2003] 2 WLR 1547; [2003] 3 All ER 1; [2003] LGR 449, HL(E)
South Carolina Insurance Co v Assurantie Maatschappij “De Zeven Provincien” NV [1987] AC 24; [1985] 1 WLR 1336; [1986] 3 WLR 398; [1986] 3 All ER 487; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 317, HL(E)
South Carolina Insurance Co v Assurantie Maatschappij “De Zeven Provincien” NV [1986] QB 348; [1985] 3 WLR 739; [1985] 2 All ER 1046; [1985] 2 Lloyd's Rep 147, CA
Spiliada Maritime Corpn v Cansulex Ltd (The Spiliada) [1987] AC 460; [1986] 3 WLR 972; [1986] 3 All ER 843; [1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, HL(E)
Stati v Republic of Kazakhstan (No 2) [2018] EWCA Civ 1896; [2019] 1 WLR 897; [2018] 2 Lloyd's Rep 263; [2018] WLR (D) 537, CA
Stichting Shell Pensioenfonds v Krys [2014] UKPC 41; [2015] AC 616; [2015] 2 WLR 289; [2015] 2 All ER (Comm) 97; [2015] 1 BCLC 597; [2015] BCC 205; [2014] WLR (D) 516; Case details, PC
The Abidin Daver [1984] AC 398; [1984] 2 WLR 196; [1984] 1 All ER 470; [1984] 1 Lloyd's Rep 339, HL(E)
The Hollandia [1983] 1 AC 565; [1982] 3 WLR 1111; [1982] 3 All ER 1141; [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, HL(E)
Thyssen-Bornemisza v Thyssen-Bornemisza [1986] Fam 1; [1985] 2 WLR 715; [1985] 1 All ER 328, CA
Turner v Grovit [2001] UKHL 65; [2002] 1 WLR 107; [2002] ICR 94; [2002] 1 All ER 960; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 320, HL(E)
Worcestershire County Council v Tongue (David) (2) Tongue (Stephen) (3) Tongue (Harold) [2004] EWCA Civ 140, CA
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