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Service out via the Foreign Process Section: Commercial Court upholds second extension; administrative and foreign authority hurdles are good reasons; set-aside and limitation arguments fail (England and Wales)

Published on: 13 November 2025

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Nefelia Shipping SA v Mosaic Fertilizantes Do Brazil [2025] EWHC 2941 (Comm). What was the background?

The claimants commenced proceedings against Brazilian cargo interests and their underwriters, seeking general average contributions under bonds and guarantees executed in March 2018. The dispute stemmed from the M/V 'KONA TRADER' running aground at Paranagua after a main engine breakdown in March 2018; the general average adjusters assessed the defendants’ share at US$892,381.46 plus interest. Both defendants had expressly chosen English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in London. The claim form was issued on 11 September 2023, and the claimants sought a 15‑month period for service, anticipating difficulties in serving the Brazilian parties. That initial extension was granted on 22 September 2023, carrying validity through to 15 November 2024. Nonetheless, compliant papers reached the FPS only on 4 October 2024, so a further without‑notice extension to 15 November 2025 was pursued and granted on 14 November 2024, with liberty to the defendants to apply to set aside. The contribution demand was advanced under the March 2018 bonds and guarantees referred to by claimants...

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