Dresser UK Ltd. and others v. Falcongate Freight Management Ltd. and others (The Duke of Yare) - Court of Appeal (Sir Stephen Brown P., Ralph Gibson and Bingham L.JJ.) - 19 July 1991

Civil Jurisdiction Act - Whether English court first seised on issue of writ or service of writ

This action arose from the loss at sea of a consignment of electronic goods carried on the deck of the vessel The Duke of Yare on a voyage from Scheveningen to Great Yarmouth and which were swept overboard in the great gales of October 1987.