A contract between a British subJect and resident and a foreigner provided for the contact to be governed by the courts of Belgium.
Held: The clause was enough to give the Belgian courts jurisdiction and for the finding to be effective though he had not participated in the proceedings.
Judges:
Walton J
Citations:
(1902) 71 LJKB 509, (1902) 86 LT 829, (1902) 50 WR 557, (1902) 18 TLR 381, (1902) 46 Sol Jo 318
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Vizcaya Partners Ltd v Picard and Another PC 3-Feb-2016
No Contractual Obligation to Try Case in New York
(Gibraltar) The appellant had invested in a fraudulent Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff. They were repaid sums before the fund collapsed, and the trustees now sought repayment by way of enforcement of an order obtained in New York.
Held: The . .
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Jurisdiction
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.565111
