Angus Thompson

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

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Milo Molfa (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP) , Serena Boscia Montalbano (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP) , Angus Thompson (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP)

When is a “Court” not a Court? A Few Thoughts After Helice Leasing S.A.S. v PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) TbK [2021] EWHC 99 (Comm)

March 8, 2021

In a recent High Court case, it was held that a reference in a contract to the “court” did not mean a court at all but meant instead – perhaps alarmingly – arbitration. This decision in Helice…