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```html ND COURT GEORGE IN THE GI T OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HOLDEN AT TOWN， GRAND CAYMAN 1992 1992 Cause No. 556 205 INSURCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. GOWAN COMPANY Cause No. 356/92 (FO In ACHRICHEM LIMITED) FORMERLY AGRICHEM INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND INSURCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. Mr. Henry and J with Mr. Barrie for plain Mr. Lamon and J with Mrs. Maierhofer for Mr. Hill and J with Mr. Parkinson for Frit Industries Inc. Schofield and and law These n tations have been consolidated because they arise out of v the plaintif called because they involve identical principles and issues Compani although there may be a slight difference of emphasis， d on application of those principles as between one defendant ite industri Agri Co. the (hereinafter referred to as "Agrichem") was formerly trib Agrichem Insurance Internatate dr d. ("Insurco") was incorporated on 13th May， 1985， an ter 1st June of that year acquired the business of Agrichem ( ese companies are exempt companies incorporated under the es Law (Cap 22) and were Cr are involved in what is known aptive insurance business. Fritiqu es Inc. ("Frit") and Gowan Company ("Gowan") are United s corporations whose business it is to manufacture and/or d er agricultural chemicals. Frit is incorporated in the Alabama and Gowan in the State of Arizona. Ir d ta sl ```
```html Agrichemth ns prided by Insurco, provided to each of the Corporat…liaboduct liability, completed operations and contractit L sucllity insurance coverage. Betw filed October, 1990, and 19th December, 1990, three suits we, oblig…asevision, North Carolina, alleging injuries to two dec’d ferpersons and one surviving plaintiff from contamin ta Cortilizer supplied by Frit. Frit maintains that Insurco which is ananged to provide cover for its defence of those proceedings to indemnify it in respect of any judgment given in the Hages vgs. Mutual Service Insurance Co. (“Mutual”) is an Minne Sati; whporation which also provided insurance cover to Frit, an Frit a lteFrit similarly maintains is obliged to provide defence ‘southernderlying actions and to indemnify it in respect of any c which may be awarded against it. Mutual has brought s an against, inter alia, Frit, Agrichem and Insurco in the U and orates District Court for the Middle District of Alabama,ions action Division, claiming that it is not liable to indemni claim al imagainst the claims brought in the North Carolina Proceedie brou that Frit, Agrichem and Insurco are liable to defend uj defend uj actaims and Agrichem and Insurco are liable to provide at court ty to Frit. Frit has filed an answer, counter c ind cer as against Agrichem and Insurco a cross-claim in that these ; amind an answer to Mutual’s cross-claim. Fourction; th; are currently pending against Gowan in the superiorio of the State of California, U.S.A. These are actions , fought by four municipalities in California alleging that Gorc is C -actured, formulated and distributed a chemical which coso seied their water supplies. Gowan maintains that Insurco d at tain other insurance companies are under a duty to defen y inactions on behalf of Gowan and to indemnify it in respect la ng jnactions which may be awarded therein. Gowan has filed an ar an the Superior Court of the State of California, var c d cont a of ```
```html CC in and F similar and Agri at fy Insurco claim that they are not liable to defend or indem State t， Gowan or Mutual in the actions commenced in the Unit which thicies and， in the case of Frit， on a further assertion in respehey have already paid out the policy limit for the year； lon-dispect of which the claims are made. In the two suits ill t that these applications are made declarations are sought t seeffect. As against Gowan there is a further declarat seek al an jht that the policies are void because of a material wri al closure. Leave was granted for the plaintiffs to serv I sho he defendants out of the jurisdiction. All defendant ru urge an order that such leave be discharged. Frit and Gowan all claim s orders that the writ of summons and service of notice o e fobe set aside and that the action be dismissed. Mutual s claim order that the proceedings be stayed. All the defendant 861 de me that in applying the doctrine of forum non convenie test could hold that the Cayman Islands is not the most approprimate ba； n to try the action. Gowan also urges me to find that the cc should be struck out as an abuse of the process of the Courab urisdiction f whon. I shtablatis with the question of forum non conveniens first. The basi ties vailon an application such as this was laid down by Lord Go Spiliada Maritime Corp. v Cansulex Ltd.， The ui 3 ALL E R 843 at 854： Spiliadacl or sic principle is that a stay will ch ， granted on the ground of forum non conveniens where the Court is n nied that there is some other le forum， having competent o ection， which is the appropriate in or the trial of the action， i.e. in the case may be tried more ns tsy for the interests of all the t. see and the ends of justice." Where ts of the Court to serve out of the jurisdiction is at .so ff ```
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The document appears to be a legal document, possibly a court judgment or a legal brief, discussing the insurance policies of United States corporations engaged in the agricultural chemical industry. The document is written in a formal legal style and discusses the jurisdictional issues related to the insurance policies, the shareholders' agreement, and the governing law of the policies. The text mentions that the insurance policies were provided by a captive insurance scheme in the Cayman Islands, which allowed policyholders to benefit from tax advantages. The document discusses the shareholders' agreement and the governing law of the insurance policies, which is a matter of dispute between the parties involved. The court seems to be considering the proper law to apply in interpreting the policies, with the argument being that the policies are standardised United States forms and follow the wording of forms issued out of the Insurance Office Inc. in Chicago, which is a trade association of many United States insurance companies. The document also mentions that the policies were clearly designed to cover United States corporations against risks incurred in North America. The terms of the policies have been the subject of much international litigation in the United States. The court emphasizes that the place of business is Roman, and payments are made to the Cayman Islands. The policies issued there and claims are made to and paid by a Caymanian agent/manager who is domiciled there. In short, it seems that the paperwork and accounting are carried out in the Cayman Islands. The document is stamped with the seal of the Court of Grand Cayman, indicating that it is a legal document from that court.
```html 1 These Islands, The plaintiffs, 6 John Law, deposes CAYMAN ISLANDS at adjuster
His affidavit in indicating that the processing of claims is carried out of Cayman Islands. We do know that Mr. Law is the president Cayman National Trust Co. Ltd. The name plate both pl st co.companies is proximate to the office of Cay man National T rade Co Ltd. on the second floor of the West Wind Building, can own, but neither plaintiff appears to maintain an office rist jeauny called Beauman International Ltd. Two di member of dir U. ntlemen fred l name of Alfred and Christopher Beauman are Ch rectors a Ch company. Alfred Beauman lives in Florida, in S.A. an chere a com opher Beauman lives in the Isle of Man. bu ristophein in Fl is the managing director of both Agrichem and Insurco. One Don auman is akes ector of Insurco. All three Beaumans are rectors ny called Beauman and Beauman Inc. which is In corporate th orida. Be defen dis soliciting business for Agrichem and Beauman Inc. di olved intiffs in there ri ute over what exactly that involvement was. Fl nc atever of the of the evidence in that regard it would be fa ncif nciful ts na the connection of the officers of Agrichem and Insurco do In Ca rest United States of America. On the other hand In one of the slants have any connection whatsoever with the ayman Isl the a e wi me Gc The pl nd are exempt companies. Insurco has been issued with an by air cted class "B" insurance licence by the nc overnment of ru 2 Cayman Islands and can accept insurance business di er n domestic business. Agrichem and Insurco do ot there of ride insurance to any person or entity within the Cayman ts Al ； they provide cover for American Corporations er engaged in agr icultural chemical industry in the United er for n I ```
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```html IS: 9 lands. in Fl directors who may be called upon to testify side either s or ida or the Isle of Man. fo： Mutual aint ht into these proceedings because it chose to file a compary wainst， inter alia， Frit， Insurco and Agrichem for a decl stat injudgment that it， Mutual， is under no duty to fend Frit to pay underlying actions being pursued in North Carolina oturriche on any judgment entered therein， and that Insurco and whm are under such duties. In that action filed Mu in the Uniania J on abama， S Division， Frit has counterclaimed against it Al andssibly lor aimed against Insurco and Agrichem. Thus the Al ly conned vmm which Mutual has with this jurisdiction is that de sued a an Company in its， Mutual's， own jurisdiction. Fr l of MutIn ore thenesses are in the United States of America. Fr there is ] underly one witness for the plaintiffs from these lands. y to ers w Th Further， ut Alabama proceedings are far advanced and the Is urt there) in t already determined part of the claim. It has in surco and Agrichem are under a duty to defend it in the ping suits. It has also determined that Mutual is under able t defend Frit in two of the underlying suits. Th ese are rayer which should not be relitigated in this Court. a al ar r ha Prayer the statement of claim in CC 205 of 1992 seeks declarat pinst Mutual and Frit that on the terms and conditions of insurance issued by Mutual to Frit， be Mutual is to defend and indemnify Frit for claims made th against Frit. It the underlying actions. This is an issue purely in between Mutual Frit and is not one which can be brought into ca is Court： r plaintiffs. If this Court made a declaration Co the terC and how would the order be enforceable? In any se the m e was already been partly decided by the Alabama court. nat mc by it ms of Tui ( hat Li ```
```html 10 The upsw actors 11 this is that I find overwhelmingly that the connecting the of in these two suits point away from the Cayman Islands and arg Courts of the United States of America. co Counsel client ran went further than to argue that the action against hials's He be stayed on the ground of forum non conveniens. Ick outjed that prayers (1) and (2) in the notice of writ be st Mitua 1) and as an abuse of the process of the Court. Counsel f that 1 and Frit both adopted his submissions, although Murred ummons seeks only a stay of proceedings. de in Prayershe cla t (2) of the notice of writ against Gowan claim to claration of Insurco is not liable on two policies of ag surance, declar to as a master policy and an umbrella policy, si indemnid void in the underlying actions in California in spect of of hose aims made therein and also that Insurco is not hose aims made able und such an policies to defend the actions. The third re ayer for vox action that the certificates issued under those licies an act Cab initio because of a material non-disclosure li fs all under this argument. The notice of writ pr ainst Muthims Frit seeks three declarations of non-liability po to an'tn'st attacked by Gowan under this head of argument mil ar to w of sa ve that lsdicti prayer seeks a declaration on the ground that ve that the plaintiff'se incure already paid out the policy limits for the the year in res had hatic which the claim is made. laral In Thezerland [1988] 2 Lloyd's Rep 361 at p 371 Kerr L.J. f to say: lt for declarations， and ho negative declarations， must be ps with great caution in all ne sttu f involving possible conflict of ins ru ons， since they obviously lend ne sh or sh ter to improper attempts at forum er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh er sh
```html 3 11 is to sayio apat p. "In tte to the considerations which, que arart from these matters, are ge arart relevant to the approach of our cority e to claims for negative depassicns, in particular declarations of electioneability. There is clear auce but that these will be viewed with grace dictiion, particularly where they ar K he contact of an international judgements. stment. Th cc thi5] 2 ju defen one.B. 536， at pp. 564-565， which th made， Lord Justice Pickford (later Will dale) said： decla ink that a declaration that prepa ink is not liable in an effecting or possible action is which will hardly ever be the f case the person asking it a pur be left to set up his the f verce in the action when it verrought...but taking the such view that I do of the oles t of Order XXV Rule 5 refere rch deals with the grant of retref rations-] I am not eeding of the Court in a [Irs exceptional case to make erced to act of its being asked for wa pose which the Court does . fact tpprove does not take away ly on power to make it， but only ictberto reason to refuse it. abilwell Red ： it riyince to the purpose of which the cc ttednot approve involved concurrent paratros in the United States in which thumstarli of the parties were again reming jier influence by bring the English ac Ir t a cotton oil Co. v. Granadex Suit a 1976 2 Lloyd's Rep. 10 Lord Wite eanes referred to the Hannay case adgnrisunown but confused. In saying th pris confusing he was referring to th mpri hat the issue in Hannay turned ma 1th the question of the Court's ju ercon to grant a declaration of no ity at all. That question was an in the affirmative by the ma re But they left open and the issue whether such a de hould in fact be granted in cie le ces where the plaintiff chirA.ve t was the defendant in foreign ns ntbur nswat scic ic iric ic la ```
```html 12 principles of the same dispute was made agreement. The tenor of the judgments of Justices Pickford and Bankes in the case clearly against the view that a declaration such a declaration should be avoided or indirect means of avoiding or intervening the foreign proceedings. But the alternative was left open because the judgments decide it was considered not to be the Court and because there was a claim for an injunction against the defendants in the English proceedings to restrain them from co-operating with the American proceedings, which of the two go to trial in any event." The jurisdiction of the Grand Court to grant declarations is, clearly that of the English Courts. But it is clear that we must exercise great caution before granting negative declarations of this kind sought by the plaintiffs in this case. We have already parsed many of the factors which would operate in the proceedings in California and Alabama. Although the proceedings in California and Alabama were filed in California in the month allowing the suit in this jurisdiction, Gowan had proceeded to court in this jurisdiction, Insurco that it intended to have proceedings in the United States if its claims for the United States of America would be bound by them. Further it is clear that the declarations would or at least could present embarrassment to those Courts. As I have already said, there being insurance companies involved in both the proceedings in California and in Alabama, there would be a risk of conflicts between the Grand Court and those Courts in the interest of the same or similar insurance policies. So I think it has a claim in the California proceedings for each of the parties which is not known to our law and which will proceed in any case to matter what the outcome of the proceedings in the Grand Court. ```
```html 13 the plaintiffs cannot hope to resolve all cases be The California and Alabama Courts in this jurisdiction these they merely seek to have some of those issues litigated jurisdiction. They appear to be forum shopping. proced t For all that reasons I accept the contention of the defendants litigious prayers for negative declarations are an abuse of the Court. One finds by ter ought to be dealt with. Gowan and Frit generally entered clot ent all appearances and thus did not submit themselves to our Court's jurisdiction. Mutual entered a general app[1990] and has thus submitted to the jurisdiction. It is argued (see plaintiffs that Mutual may only be granted a stay and is proceditied to an order setting aside leave to serve t of the end direction. As pointed out by counsel for Mutual stir jurisdiction j as Kuwait Asia Bank EC v. National Mutual Life ou minees Ltd[applica on] 3 All ER 404， 416). Mutual did not claim that its sumdants far there was anything wrong with the writ； it jutacked the se not aside a ction dismissed. But it is proper for Mutual to apply no or a stay of these proceedings but also for an order sett rs t， the leave to serve out of the jurisdiction， these being ations going to matters of proceeding (see for ample， Re[ Buenos Aires] Ltd. (No 2) [1991] 4 All ER 548， 351). For 6tDa The de in both suits， Gowan， Mutual and Frit， will ve the onl y seek and also their costs. ``` ```latex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{graphicx} \section{Introduction} The plaintiffs cannot hope to resolve all cases in the California and Alabama Courts in this jurisdiction. They merely seek to have some of those issues litigated. They appear to be forum shopping. proced t For all that reasons I accept the contention of the defendants litigious prayers for negative declarations are an abuse of the Court. One finds by ter ought to be dealt with. Gowan and Frit generally entered clot ent all appearances and thus did not submit themselves to our Court's jurisdiction. Mutual entered a general app[1990] and has thus submitted to the jurisdiction. It is argued (see plaintiffs that Mutual may only be granted a stay and is proceditied to an order setting aside leave to serve t of the end direction. As pointed out by counsel for Mutual stir jurisdiction j as Kuwait Asia Bank EC v. National Mutual Life ou minees Ltd[applica on] 3 All ER 404， 416). Mutual did not claim that its sumdants far there was anything wrong with the writ； it jutacked the se not aside a ction dismissed. But it is proper for Mutual to apply no or a stay of these proceedings but also for an order sett rs t， the leave to serve out of the jurisdiction， these being ations going to matters of proceeding (see for ample， Re[ Buenos Aires] Ltd. (No 2) [1991] 4 All ER 548， 351). For 6tDa The de in both suits， Gowan， Mutual and Frit， will ve the onl y seek and also their costs.