Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK A.G. v. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK

[1981] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 651

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Robert Goff

Banking - Letter of credit - Non-payment - Stay of action - Indian buyers purchased cloves from Singapore sellers - Buyers informed vessel and cargo lost - Buyers obtained injunction in Indian Court restraining defendants from paying under letter of credit - Plaintiffs brought action in England - Whether India or Singapore more appropriate forum - Whether English action should be stayed.

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