Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000195/1998 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 14 September 1999.
1. There are before the Court, by like summonses dated 16th November 1998, applications by the Defendant for a stay of each of these actions in favour of the Court at Rotterdam on the ground that the Plaintiffs' claims are subject to an exclusive jurisdiction clause contained within Clause 22 of each of the Bills of Lading, viz :-