A claim for daages was made after ships collided, and one sank.
Held: The judge had been wrong not to stay an action here where the proper jurisdiction was Singapore. That higher damages might be available under a different convention applying here did not mean that a party should be deprived of justice in Singapore. There is no one dominant international standard.
Citations:
Times 30-Jul-1998, [1998] EWCA (Civ) 1223
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Transport, Negligence, Jurisdiction
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.84506
