LOON ENERGY INC AND ANOTHER v INTEGRA MINING (B) SENDIRIAN BERHAD AND ANOTHER
[2008] Lloyd's Rep Plus 1
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Langley
Arbitration – Series of agreements between the parties
governed by English law relating to participation in oil exploration rights –
Confidentiality agreement between the parties governed by Texas law and subject
to arbitration – Claimant seeking
declarations that defendants had no interest in the rights – Defendants
commencing arbitration in Texas under the Confidentiality Agreement – Whether
declarations sought in England fell within the scope of the Confidentiality
Agreement – Stay of proceedings – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9.