Banking and financial services – conflict of laws – contract – anti-suit injunction – unfair contract terms – defendants signed foreign exchange margin trading agreement in greece – proceedings in greece and england – agreement contained english jurisdiction clause but defendants acted as consumers – defendants entitled to bring proceedings in greece despite jurisdiction clause under brussels convention arts 13, 14 – jurisdiction clause not binding by virtue of unfair terms in consumer contracts regulations 1994 and 1999
Judges:
Steel J
Citations:
[2001] EWHC 493 (Comm), [2002] CLC 933, [2001] Lloyd’s Rep Bank 240, [2002] CLC 939
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Barclays Bank Plc v Kufner ComC 10-Oct-2008
barclays_kufnerComC2008
The bank sought summary judgment under a guarantee to secure a loan to purchase a luxury yacht which was to be hired out in business. The loan had been charged against the yacht, but when the yacht was re-registered, the bank failed to re-establish . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Consumer, Banking
Updated: 31 December 2022; Ref: scu.201698