SEISMIC SHIPPING INC AND ANOTHER v TOTAL E&P UK PLC (THE “WESTERN REGENT”)

[2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 54

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr Julian Flaux QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Limitation of liability - Claimants’ vessel damaging defendant’s oil installation - Claimants bringing limitation proceedings against defendant pursuant to Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 - Whether court had jurisdiction to hear claim when no underlying legal or arbitration proceedings in existence in England - Whether antisuit injunction should be granted to restrain proceedings brought by defendant against claimants in Texas.