Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore & Shipping Co – QBD (Comm Ct) (Hamblen J) [2014] EWHC 3612 (Comm) – 6 November 2014

Practice – Claim form – Service – Buyer bringing claim against shipbuilder for breach of Option Agreement – Whether claim form validly served in England – Forum non conveniens – Companies Act 2006, section 1139(2)

On 5 April 2013 each of four subsidiaries of the claimant (Teekay) entered into a Shipbuilding Contract with the defendant (STX) whereby STX was to construct one tanker at a price of US$42.5 million.