Hearings
England & Wales
23 Jun 1994 [1995] Ch 73; [1994] 3 WLR 1074; [1995] 1 All ER 378, Ch D
St Martin’s Property Investments Ltd v Philips Electronics (UK) Ltd (Secretary of State for the Environment, Third Party)
Subject Matter
CROWN PROCEEDINGS — Third party proceedings — Place of trial — Proceedings for damages for breach of covenant — Crown joined as third party on claim for indemnity — Whether proceedings “civil proceedings … against Crown” — Whether third party proceedings against Crown required to take place in London — Crown Proceedings Act 1947, s 19(2) — RSC, Ord 77, rr 1(2), 9(1), 13(1)