SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE CO. v. ASSURANTIE MAATSCHAPPIJ "DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN" N.V. SAME v. AL AHLIA INSURANCE CO. AND ARABIAN SEAS INSURANCE CO. LTD.
[1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 317
HOUSE OF LORDS
Before Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Brightman, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Lord Goff of Chieveley
Practice - Reinsurance - Documents - Action brought in American and English Courts - Defendants denied inspection of documents - Whether American pre-trial discovery procedure could be used to obtain inspection of documents for purposes of English action - Whether defendants acting in an unjust or unconscionable manner.