HOUGH v. P & O CONTAINERS LTD. AND OTHERS

[1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 318

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Rix

Admiralty practice - Jurisdiction - Personal injury - Electrician injured while ship in drydock in Germany - Electrician’s English employers alleged accident fault of German yard - Third party proceedings against yard brought in England - Repair contract contained Hamburg jurisdiction clause - Whether action should be brought in Germany - Whether special jurisdiction or agreed jurisdiction under Brussels Convention took precedence - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 6 (2), 17.