Tuesday, 09 February 2010

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Fast Search  Advanced Search Archive Bookshop  Reference  Newsletters  Magazines  Catalogue Events  Law  Internet  eCommerce In LMLN 788 - 05 February 2010 CASES – ENGLAND Arbitration – Incorporation of arbitration clause – Whether general words referring to “previous contracts” between same parties capable of incorporating arbitration clause – Whether words apt to incorporate arbitration clause Habas Sinai Tibbi Gazlar Isthisal Endustri AS v Sometal SAL – QBD (Com Ct)(Christopher Clarke J) – 18 December 2009 Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Dispute as to existence of arbitration agreement – Appropriate test for grant of anti-suit injunction - Delay Transfield Shipping Inc v Chiping Xinfa Huayu Alumina Co Ltd – QBD (Com Ct)(Christopher Clarke J) – 22 December 2009 CASES – SINGAPORE Admiralty jurisdiction – Charterers failing to pay hire – Shipowners arresting alleged sister ship owned by guarantor of charterparty obligations – Whether claim arising under a guarantee of charterparty obligations was a claim “arising out of an agreement relating to the use or hire of ” the chartered vessel – Whether defendant in possession or control of chartered vessel at time when cause of action arose – Whether arrest should be set aside The “Catur Samudra” – High Court of Singapore (Steven Chong JC) – 15 January 2010 CASES – UNITED STATES Admiralty jurisdiction – Allision involving Mexican vessels within Mexico’s exclusive economic zone -Whether US court lacked subject matter jurisdiction – Whether court should dismiss suit on forum non conveniens or international comity grounds – Whether limits to recovery established by 1976 Limitation Convention as applied by Mexican law inapplicable in US court Perforaciones Exploracion Y Produccion and Ors v Maritimas Mexicanas SA DE CV – US Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)(Benavides, Dennis and Elrod Ct JJ) – 9 December 2009 Associated Publications                 About Informa Law | Help | Register | Subscribe | Contact Us | Terms & Conditions Privacy Statement | Copyright | Advertise © 2005 T&F Informa UK Limited The content of this web site is copyright by Publishing Group Limited. Reproduction, retrieval, copying or transmission of the content of this site is not permitted without the publisher's prior consent. Lloyd's and the Lloyd's Crest are registered trademarks of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's.