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Definitely Maybe (Touring) Ltd v Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur GmbH: ComC 2001

The claimant supplied the services of the pop group Oasis to the defendant concert organisers for a concert in Germany. They sued for payment here, but the respondent said that proceedings should have been commenced in Germany.
Held: The contract was made in Germany for services to be provided in Germany. The proper forum to hear the case was Germany.

Judges:

Morison J

Citations:

[2001] All ER 283, [2001] 1 WLR 1745

Statutes:

Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations 1980 4(5)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedCaledonia Subsea Limited v Micoperi SRL SCS 9-Mar-2001
The parties disputed which court should have jurisdiction to hear their contract dispute.
Held: There has been an ongoing difference in the interpretation of the Rome Convention as to the relative weight to be given to the place of business of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Jurisdiction, Contract

Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.179883

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