7 Mar 1991
THE OWNERS OF CARGO LATELY LADEN ON BOAKD THE SHIP OR VESSEL "LANKA MUDITHA" v. THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP OR VESSEL "LANKA ATHULA"
- Citation
- THE OWNERS OF CARGO LATELY LADEN ON BOAKD THE SHIP OR VESSEL "LANKA MUDITHA" v. THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP OR VESSEL "LANKA ATHULA"
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV101/1990
Although the Court of Appeal found the trial judge erred in principle in rejecting the defendants' undertakings out of hand, on exercise of the court's own discretion the connections to New York did not outweigh the concrete disadvantages to the plaintiffs (delay, costs, uncertainty about security and time-bar, Chapter 11 stay issues). The appeal was dismissed and the stay refused; trial in Hong Kong best served the interests of all parties and ends of justice.