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Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation

Hearings

England & Wales

23 Jan 2001 [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 394, QBD (Tomlinson J)

06 Apr 2001 (Security for costs) [2001] EWCA Civ 568; [2001] CP Rep 113, CA (Rix LJ)

07 Aug 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1317; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 721; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 627; [2002] CLC 60, CA (Schiemann, Mance, Keene LJJ)

12 Jun 2003 [2003] UKHL 30; [2004] 1 AC 260; [2003] 3 WLR 21; [2003] 3 All ER 465; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 65; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 405; [2003] 1 CLC 1163; The Times, 13 June 2003; The Independent, 17 June 2003, HL(E) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill; Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead; Lord Hoffmann; Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough; Lord Millett)

Subject Matter

EXECUTION — Third party debt proceedings — Foreign bank — Judgment creditor seeking to execute judgment against moneys held to account of foreign judgment debtors in foreign bank with place of business in England — Debt sited in Hong Kong — Judgment creditor obtaining third party debt order nisi against bank — Applicable foreign law giving no discharge to bank in respect of moneys payable under order — Whether restitutionary remedy available to bank in Hong Kong if order made absolute — Whether order to be made absolute — CPR Pt 72; Sch 1, RSC Ord 49, rr 1, 3, 8

[2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 394, QBD

[2001] EWCA Civ 1317; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 721; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 627; [2002] CLC 60, CA

[2003] UKHL 30; [2004] 1 AC 260; [2003] 3 WLR 21; [2003] 3 All ER 465; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 65; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 405; [2003] 1 CLC 1163; The Times, 13 June 2003; The Independent, 17 June 2003, HL(E)

Appellate History

Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 394, QBD

Decision of Tomlinson J reversed

Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation [2001] EWCA Civ 1317; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 721; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 627; [2002] CLC 60, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation [2003] UKHL 30; [2004] 1 AC 260; [2003] 3 WLR 21; [2003] 3 All ER 465; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 65; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 405; [2003] 1 CLC 1163; The Times, 13 June 2003; The Independent, 17 June 2003, HL(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Third-Party Debt Orders - Discretion to make third-party debt orders 79.24

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