AIG EUROPE (UK) LTD v ANONYMOUS GREEK COMPANY OF GENERAL INSURANCES THE ETHNIKI

[1999] Lloyd's Rep IR 221

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Colman

Reinsurance - Brussels Convention 1968, Arts 5.1 and 17 - Alleged breach of Claims Control Clause - Other claims made against reinsured - Reinsurers seeking declaratory relief in England - Reinsured domiciled in Greece - Determination of primary “obligation in question” - Place of performance of obligation in question - Whether claims could be fragmented between different courts - Whether jurisdiction clause in original policy incorporated into reinsurance agreement.