Petroleo Brasilero Sa v Mellitus Shipping Inc: CA 29 Mar 2001

Where, in the jurisdiction in which a potential defendant or contributor lived, there would be no remedy against him, a judge here who was asked to allow that defendant or contributor to be joined, as a necessary and proper party, could take into account that absence of a remedy abroad.

Citations:

Times 05-Apr-2001, [2001] EWCA Civ 418

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Civil Procedure Rules Part 20

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Civil Procedure Rules, Jurisdiction

Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.135519