UNION DE REMORQUAGE ET DE SAUVETAGE S.A. v. LAKE AVERY INC. (THE “LAKE AVERY”)

[1997] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 540

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Clarke

Salvage - LOF 95 - Jurisdiction - Articles 21 and 22 - Plaintiffs alleged salvage services rendered pursuant to LOF 95 - Whether proceedings ancillary to arbitration - Defendant brought proceedings in Holland - Whether Court should decline jurisdiction under art. 21 or 22 - Whether action should be stayed on ground of lis alibi pendens or forum non conveniens - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 1.4, 21, 22.