BLACK-CLAWSON INTERNATIONAL LTD. v. PAPIERWERKE WALDHOF-ASCHAFFENBURG A.G.

[1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 11

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Reid, Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Wilberforce, Lord Diplock1 and Lord Simon of Glaisdale

Conflict of laws - Foreign judgment - Conclusiveness in English proceedings - Foreign judgment dismissing action by plaintiff - Plaintiff bringing proceedings in English Courts founded on same cause of action - Whether defendant entitled to rely on foreign judgment by way of defence - Whether judgment to be recognized as conclusive between parties - Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933, s. 8 (1).