VIKING INSURANCE CO. v. ROSSDALE AND OTHERS COMMERCE & INDUSTRY INSURANCE CO. OF CANADA AND ANOTHER v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S AND OTHERS

[2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 219

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Moore-Bick

Practice - Evidence - Witnesses - New York arbitrators requested Court to order witnesses previously employed by London brokers to give evidence in arbitration - Whether Court had jurisdiction to comply with request - Application under s. 44 of Arbitration Act, 1996 seeking similar order - Whether application should be granted - Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act, 1975.