ARBUTHNOT LATHAM & CO LTD v M3 MARINE LTD AND ANOTHER
[2013] Lloyd's Rep Plus 50
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Hamblen
Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Proceedings brought by defendants in France and by claimant in England - Whether French or English court was the court first seised - Date on which French originating document "received by the authority responsible for service" - Whether document had to be received by both fax and post - Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 27, 28 and 30 - Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007.