Tyson International Company Limited v GIC Re, India, Corporate Member Limited
Decision date: 7 February 2024
Neutral citation: [2024] EWHC 236 (Comm)
Court: High Court (Commercial Court)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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Short overview
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This is a reinsurance dispute between TICL and GIC about whether English courts or arbitration govern disputes under the 2021–22 reinsurance. The court held that the jurisdiction provisions of the original Slip Policies/MRCs apply, that the Scott v Avery arbitration clause in the later Facultative Certificates is inapplicable, and continued the interim anti-suit injunction (ASI) until any jurisdiction challenge to the English Court is determined. The judge directed the parties to agree (or the court will fix) a timetable for any such jurisdictional challenge and further evidence.
Ratio decidendi
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The court concluded that the jurisdiction clause in the original agreement (the Slip Policies/MRCs) governs and that the later Scott v Avery/arbitration provision in the Facultative Certificates does not displace that jurisdiction clause; accordingly the court continued the interim anti-suit injunction pending determination of any challenge to its jurisdiction.
Obiter dicta
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The judge observed that evidence of market practice was of limited weight where two market experts gave directly opposing opinions without cross‑examination, and noted that it would be unlikely (and not sensibly arguable) that a jurisdiction clause agreed as a dispute‑resolution clause had been transformed into merely a supervisory jurisdiction clause by later documents.
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