NATIONAL JUSTICE COMPANIA NAVIERA S.A. v. PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO. LTD. (THE “IKARIAN REEFER” (NO. 2))

[1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 621

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Rix

Practice - Costs - Non-party - Jurisdiction - Claim by plaintiffs against insurers for constructive total loss of vessel - Insurers successfully denied liability - Insurers awarded costs - Insurers sought to recover balance of costs from non-party - Non-party domiciled in Greece - No leave sought or granted to serve summons on non-party out of jurisdiction - Whether Court had personal jurisdiction over non-party - Supreme Court Act, 1981, s. 51 - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 2, 6.