HENRY v. GEOPROSCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.

[1974] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 536

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice Willis

Conflict of laws - Foreign judgment - Enforceability - Plaintiff employed by defendant company for work on oil well in Trucial States - Company registered in Jersey - Contract made in Alberta and was to be interpreted according to laws of England - Arbitration clause in contract - Plaintiff dismissed - Claim in Albertan Courts by plaintiff for damages for wrongful dismissal - Motion by defendants to set aside statement of claim because Alberta was not forum conveniens and because of arbitration clause - Whether defendants had submitted to jurisdiction - Whether defendants had taken steps exclusively referable to the issue on the merits.