WEST TANKERS INC v RAS RIUNIONE ADRIATICA DI SICURTA “THE FRONT COMOR”

[2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 257

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Colman

Arbitration - Anti-suit injunction - Arbitration claim for uninsured loss in England - Subrogation claim for insured loss in Italy - Italian court first seised of judicial proceedings - Whether arbitration clause binding on insurers exercising subrogation rights - Law governing the transfer of subrogation rights - Law applicable to arbitration clause - Effect of New York Convention 1958, article II.3 - Whether insurers in breach of arbitration clause.