Catlin Syndicate Limited (Underwritingas XI Catlin Syndicate 2003) and XI Insurance CompanySE v Weyerhaeuser Company [2018]

Catlin Syndicate Limited (Underwritingas XI Catlin Syndicate 2003) and XI Insurance CompanySE v Weyerhaeuser Company [2018] EWHC 3609 (Comm) — 21 December 2018 (Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE)

“Seemingly contradictory jurisdiction clauses were reconciled by the Commercial Court which, in a final order, restrained the defendant from pursuing proceedings under an insurance policy before the courts of the State of Washington. The Commercial Court found that the parties had agreed London arbitration and that the U.S. jurisdiction clauses should be read so as to apply only in the context of enforcing an arbitration award (or obtaining jurisdiction in the event that the parties dispensed with arbitration).”

Angeliki Georgouli
E. G. Arghyrakis & Co.
27th December 2018