GAMLESTADEN PLC v. CASA DE SUECIA S.A. AND HANS THULIN

[1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 433

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Potter

Practice - Jurisdiction - Loan agreement between English plaintiffs and Spanish defendants - Dispute under agreement - Whether English Court had jurisdiction - Whether Spanish Court first seised - Whether defendants entitled to amend summons - Whether application to set aside proceedings should be granted - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, arts. 5(1), 17, 21 - R.S.C. O. 12, r. 8.