MARC RICH & CO. A.G. SOCIETA ITALIANA IMPIANTI P.A. (THE “ATLANTIC EMPEROR”)

[1992] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 342

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

Before O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, T. F. O’Higgins and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias (Presidents of Chambers), Sir Gordon Slynn, R. Joliet, F. A. Schockweiler, F. Grévisse and M. Zuleeg, Judges. Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

Sale of goods (f.o.b) - Application to set aside - Arbitration clause - Plaintiffs alleged damage to cargo - Defendants denied liability - Whether contract contained arbitration clause - Whether dispute should be resolved in Italy - Whether proper law of contract English - Whether application to set aside leave to serve out of jurisdiction should be granted - Whether the Convention scheduled to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982 applied.