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Seniority Shipping Corporation SA v City Seed Crushing Industries Ltd (The “Joker”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Andrew Baker J) [2019] EWHC 3541 (Comm) – 20 December 2019
Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Cargo interests bringing cargo claim in Bangladesh in breach of London arbitration clause – Owners bringing proceedings in England claiming final anti-suit injunction – Whether injunction should be granted
The claimant was the owner of the vessel
Joker that carried a cargo of 53,222.24 mt of soya bean meal in bulk from Brazil to Chittagong, Bangladesh under bills of lading
on the Congenbill 1994 form. The bills of lading incorporated a London arbitration clause from the relevant voyage charterparty.