Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[1997] All ER (D) 40
Court:	Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:	Nourse, Pill and Waller LJJ
Representation	Andrew Hochhauser QC, Martin Griffiths and Vernon Flynn (instructed by Richards Butler) for the second, fifth, seventh, tenth, fifteenth and sixteenth defendants.
	Thomas Ivory (instructed by Rakinsons) for the fourth defendant.
	Christopher Carr QC, Philip Marshall and Andrew Lenon (instructed by Denton Hall) for the plaintiffs.
Judgment Dates:	29 October 1997

Catchwords

Jurisdiction - Domicile - Standard of proof on an application under RSC Ord 12, r 8 involving issues as to special jurisdiction under Lugano Convention - Date for determining domicile for purposes of determining whether court has jurisdiction under convention - Whether convention requiring defendant domiciled in England to have been served prior to issue or service of proceedings against defendants in other contracting states - Lugano Convention, art 6.

The Case

Practice Areas

• Dispute Resolution
• Personal Injury

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