QINGDAO OCEAN SHIPPING CO. v. GRACE SHIPPING ESTABLISHMENT TRANSATLANTIC SCHIFFAHRTSKONTOR G.m.b.H. KLAUS ODE AND HEATH CHARTERING (UK) LTD. (THE “XING SU HAI”)

[1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 15

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Rix

Charter-party (Time) - Hire - Non-payment - Jurisdiction - Vessel sub-chartered - Owners claimed against charterers, charterers’ agents and owner of charterers’ agent and charterers for non-payment of hire - Whether right to contest jurisdiction waived - Whether Brussels Convention applicable - Whether owners’ claims within R.S.C., O. 11, r. 1(1)(b), (c), (d)(iii), (m) - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, ss. 24, 25, Schedule arts. 1(4), 2, 6(1).