INTERNATIONALE NEDERLANDEN AVIATION LEASE B.V. AND OTHERS v. CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AND THE EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION (“EUROCONTROL”)

[1997] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 80

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Morison

Practice - Discontinuance - Carriage by air - Detention of aircraft at Bournemouth Airport for non-payment of charges - Plaintiffs brought proceedings for unlawful detention - Plaintiffs brought proceedings in Brussels for breach of Multilateral Agreement relating to Route charges - Plaintiffs applied to discontinue English proceedings - Effect of arts. 21 and 22 - Whether application should be granted - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 21, 22.