NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY V STRABAG BAU AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTCOLONIA VERSICHERUNGS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT-ABEILLE-PAIX IGARDSOCIETA REALE MUTUA DI ASSICURAZIONI V STRABAG BAU AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

(1992) 1 Re LR 325

Court of Appeal

Before Lord Justice Lloyd, Lord Justice Stocker and Lord Justice Stuart-Smith

Jurisdiction - Insurance - Proceedings between London market insurers and German insured - Insured and insurers having comparable bargaining power - Whether proceedings “related to insurance” within Brussels Convention 1968 article 7 - Whether “insurance” confined to insurances for domestic or private purposes - Absence of written choice-of-law clause - Whether article 35 of Accession Convention applicable - Whether insurers obliged to sue German insured in Germany for avoidance of policy or could bring proceedings in England - Whether proper case for service out of jurisdiction - Rules of Supreme Court, Order 11.