Konkola Copper Mines Plc & Anor v Coromin Ltd & Ors
Decision date: 17 January 2006
Neutral citation: [2006] EWCA Civ 5
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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Short overview
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This is an appeal by reinsurers seeking a stay of Part 20 proceedings brought by Coromin, based on a claimed Zambian jurisdiction clause, in the context of a multi-layered insurance dispute about whether KCM’s loss was a "collapse" or "landslip". The Court of Appeal refused the stay and dismissed the reinsurers' appeal, upholding the judge’s discretionary refusal to stay the Part 20 proceedings.
Ratio decidendi
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The Court held that the reinsurers’ application for a stay of Coromin’s Part 20 claim on jurisdictional or case‑management grounds failed as a matter of discretion.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment contains discussion (not finally decided) about the appropriate burden of proof when a defendant relies on a foreign jurisdiction clause and about whether incorporation of ancillary clauses by reference requires express wording; those points were treated as potentially important but not finally determined.
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