Index card Zephyrus Capital Aviation Partners 1D Ltd v Fidelis Underwriting Ltd

Zephyrus Capital Aviation Partners 1D Ltd v Fidelis Underwriting Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

28 Mar 2024 [2024] EWHC 734 (Comm); [2024] 4 WLR 47; [2025] 1 All ER 470; [2025] 1 All ER (Comm) 142; [2024] WLR(D) 148, KBD (Henshaw J)

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Jurisdiction clause — Defendants seeking stay of claims to give effect to Russian exclusive jurisdiction clauses — Claimants asking court to exercise discretion to refuse stay on ground of risk of unfair trial in Russia — Proper test for determining whether court to exercise discretion — Relevance of fact that unfair trial in agreed forum foreseeable at time contract entered into — Test for degree of risk of unfair trial — Proper approach to conflicts in expert evidence

[2024] EWHC 734 (Comm); [2024] 4 WLR 47; [2025] 1 All ER 470; [2025] 1 All ER (Comm) 142; [2024] WLR(D) 148, KBD

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