GLOBAL CONTAINER LINES LTD. v. BONYAD SHIPPING CO.

[1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 287

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Rix

Practice - Writ - Substitution - Actions between plaintiffs and defendants - Bahamian plaintiffs merged with Delaware company which was to be surviving corporation - Whether plaintiffs continued to exist for purposes of actions - Whether Bahamian plaintiffs lost complete existence by reason of merger under Bahamian and/or Delaware law - Whether it was possible to substitute surviving corporation for Bahamian plaintiffs - R.S.C., O. 15, r. 7.