The claimant sought an order to restrain proceedings in New York. The parties were based in Canada and the Netherlands, with places of business in New York and London also. The swap agreement underlying the claim provide for it to be governed non-exclusively by the laws of England, but which envisaged other courts applying it.
Judges:
Lord Justice Mance Lord Justice Thorpe Mr Justice Evans-Lombe
Citations:
[2004] EWCA Civ 7
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Royal Bank of Canada v Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boorenleenbank Binding Authority ComC 2-Dec-2003
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Cited – South Carolina Insurance Co v Assurantie Maatschappij de Zeven Provincien NV HL 1987
There can be little basis for the grant of relief to a landowner providing protection from an action in nuisance if the landowner will not himself remedy the public nuisance. The House considered whether the circumstances gave the court power to . .
Cited – Turner v Grovit and others HL 13-Dec-2001
The applicant was a solicitor employed by a company in Belgium. He later resigned claiming unfair dismissal, saying he had been pressed to become involved in unlawful activities. The defendants sought to challenge the jurisdiction of the English . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
International, Jurisdiction, Contract, Banking
Updated: 08 June 2022; Ref: scu.192101
