ET PLUS SA AND OTHERS v WELTER AND OTHERS
[2006] Lloyd's Rep Plus 6
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION COMMERCIAL COURT
Before Mr Justice Gross
Conflict of laws – Arbitration – Stay of proceedings –
Arbitration in Paris concerning alleged breach of distribution agreement –
Claims brought in England in respect of breach of the agreement and against
individual employees – Scope of arbitration clause – Whether court had
jurisdiction over claims against individual employees domiciled outside England
and within the EU – Whether claims should be stayed pending arbitration on case
management grounds – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9, Council Regulation 44/2001,
Article 6 – Treaty of Rome, Article 81.