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Court of Appeal: looks at 'same causes of action' for settlement agreement (Starlight Shipping v Allianz Marine)

Published on: 03 January 2013

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The Court of Appeal has stayed English proceedings brought in relation to a dispute arising out of a settlement agreement in favour of ‘the same causes of action’ which were being litigated in Greece; this overturned the decision of the Commercial Court. The Court of Appeal held that the earlier English proceedings which had resulted in the settlement agreement were over except for the purposes of suing on the settlement agreement. A claim under the settlement agreement was a different cause of action from the original cause of action; a claim under a contract of marine insurance.

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