DEUTSCHE RUCKVERSICHERUNG A.G. v. LA FONDIARA ASSICURAZIONI S.p.A. AND OTHERS

[2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 621

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice David Steel

Practice - Claim form - Application to set aside - Good arguable case - Excess of loss reinsurance and retrocession pool - Claimants sought to recover defendants’ share of payments made by claimants - Defendants applied to set aside claim form and subsequent proceedings - Whether claimants had a good arguable case as to existence of contracts or that England was place of performance of contractual obligation.