Sunshine Furniture’s Co Ltd versus Maesrk (China) Shipping Co Ltd and Another

Sunshine Furniture’s Co Ltd versus Maesrk (China) Shipping Co Ltd and Another; Commercial Case No 113 of 2915: High Court of Tanzania (Commercial Division) at Dar es Salaam (Unreported).

• Civil Procedure

• Jurisdiction – Bill of lading confers jurisdiction to the High Court of England in London and application of English law- Whether the High Court in Tanzania has jurisdiction.

Held:-

Where contract bars disputes to be heard by the High Court of Tanzania and jurisdiction is conferred to a court in another jurisdiction, the Court in Tanzania will have no jurisdiction to determine disputes arising from the     contract.