FAI GENERAL INSURANCECO LTD V OCEAN MARINE MUTUAL PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER

(1997) 6 Re LR 316

Australia Commercial Division

Before Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Mustill, Lord Lloyd of Berwick and Lord Hope of Craighead

Jurisdiction - Reinsurance contract - English jurisdiction clause - Claims in New South Wales court for declarations that reinsurance properly avoided - Claims in English courts for declarations that reinsurances were valid and enforceable - Whether contracts included clauses by which parties agreed to exclusive jurisdiction of English courts - Whether as a matter of construction contracts provided for exclusive jurisdiction of English courts.