Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 291 (Jul)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Civ 864
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Longmore, Lloyd and Gross LJJ
Representation Laurence Rabinowitz QC and Daniel Jowell (instructed by Linklaters LLP) for the Dow defendants.
  David Foxton QC and Philippa Hopkins (instructed by SJ Berwin LLP) for the claimants.
Judgment Dates: 23 July 2010

Catchwords

Jurisdiction - Concurrent proceedings - Assumption of jurisdiction - Proceedings in Italy being heard and effectively dismissed - Proceedings concerning claims for breach of European Union rules on competition - Application for stay - Appeal proceedings in Italian court outstanding - Whether English court having jurisdiction - EC Treaty, art 81 - Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001, arts 2, 6(1), 28.

The Case

Jurisdiction Concurrent proceedings. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held in the context of proceedings taken by tyre manufacturers following a decision of the European Commission decision holding certain producers of Butadiene Rubber (BR) and Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR) in breach of art 81 of the EC Treaty, that the English courts had jurisdiction to hear claims connected with those proceedings by virtue of art 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) 44-2001. The appeal against the failed application for a stay of the proceedings pursuant to, inter alia, art 28 of the Regulation would be dismissed.

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