MARC RICH & CO. A.G. v. SOCIETA ITALIANA IMPIANTI P.A. (THE “ATLANTIC EMPEROR”) (No. 2)

[1992] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 624

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Neill, Lord Justice Woolf and Lord Justice Scott

Practice - Injunction - Dispute under contract for sale of goods - Defendants brought action for non-liability in Italian Court - Dispute referred to arbitration in London - Plaintiffs contested jurisdiction of Italian Court - Italian Court held no valid arbitration clause - Whether decision binding on plaintiffs - Whether injunction should be granted restraining defendants from taking further steps in proceedings in Italian Court.