MAGELLAN SPIRIT APS v VITOL SA (THE "MAGELLAN SPIRIT")

[2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 1

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Leggatt

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Jurisdiction – Shipowner applying for injunction to restrain Nigerian proceedings brought by Swiss shipper – Whether court had jurisdiction – Agency – Whether shipper was undisclosed principal of time charterer – Whether bill of lading to be rectified to incorporate charterparty jurisdiction clause – Whether parties concluded free-standing jurisdiction agreement – Delay.