| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 45 (Oct) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court |
| Judge: | Field J (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Geraldine Clark (instructed by Davies Johnson (Geneva)) for the claimant. |
| David Lewis (instructed by Hill Dickinson) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 28 September 2009 |
Catchwords
Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Civil and commercial matters - Contract - Breach - Oral and written agreements between parties - Claimant contending breach by defendant - Defendant submitting English court not appropriate forum - Whether English courts having jurisdiction - Lugano Convention 1988 art 17.
The Case
Conflict of laws Jurisdiction. The Queens Bench Division, Commercial Court held that the claimant had not made out a better argument than the defendant as to where the suitable venue for jurisdiction should be under art 17(1) of the Lugano Convention 1988 and accordingly, the court declined jurisdiction.
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