Tag: jurisdiction

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13 July 2015

Court of Appeal holds direct damage in England required for permission to serve tort claim outside the jurisdiction

The Court of Appeal has held that direct damage in the jurisdiction is required to come within the tort jurisdictional gateway in the CPR, effectively …

30 June 2015

Commercial Court finds forum non conveniens waiver clause does not necessarily preclude stay on grounds of forum non conveniens

The Commercial Court has held that a non-exclusive jurisdiction clause combined with a forum non conveniens (FNC) waiver clause does not preclude the …

01 June 2015

CJEU confirms validity of jurisdiction clauses agreed electronically by "click-wrapping"

In a very recent decision, the Court of Justice of the EU has clarified the requirement under the Brussels Regulation for a jurisdiction agreement to be …

27 May 2015

French Supreme Court refuses to apply a unilateral jurisdiction clause

In a recent decision, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) has again refused to apply a unilateral jurisdiction clause. A unilateral jurisdiction …

22 May 2015

Court of Appeal considers conflicting jurisdiction clauses in insurance service agreements

In the recent case of Trust Risk Group SPA v AmTrust Europe Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 437 the Court of Appeal held that there was a good arguable case that the …

07 May 2015

Supreme Court takes restrictive approach to the opening of secondary proceedings in England under EC Insolvency Regulation

The Supreme Court has held that, in order to open secondary proceedings in England under EC Regulation 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings, the …

10 February 2015

Inconsistent dispute resolution clauses – Commercial Court emphasises presumption of “one-stop adjudication”

The Commercial Court has found that an arbitration clause in a consultancy agreement was superseded by an exclusive English jurisdiction clause in a …

05 February 2015

Article published on changes to jurisdiction rules under recast Brussels Regulation

The recast Brussels Regulation has introduced significant changes to the EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments for proceedings …

03 February 2015

When can the court stay proceedings against an English domiciled defendant in favour of proceedings in a non-EU court?

The High Court has held that it had power to stay proceedings against an English domiciled defendant in favour of the courts of Western Australia, as the …

23 January 2015

Contracts with consumers – where can a business sue and be sued?

Where a business has directed its activities to an EU member state in which a consumer is domiciled, two consequences follow: (i) it can generally only …

10 January 2015

Recast Brussels Regulation applies to proceedings commenced from today onwards

The recast Brussels Regulation introduces significant changes to the EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments for proceedings commenced …

24 July 2014

Court of Appeal upholds award of damages for breach of English jurisdiction agreement

The Court of Appeal has held that it did not infringe EU law to bring a claim for damages for breach of a settlement agreement, and the jurisdiction …