Proceedings had been served within the jurisdiction under submission to jurisdiction clauses contained in the guarantees upon which suit was brought against the defendant. However service abroad was objected to.
Held: Order 11, rule 9(4) was held to authorise service out of the jurisdiction with leave. It was sufficient to engage Order11 r.9(4) if the proceedings against the defendant were proceedings which could have been served out of the jurisdiction. They did not actually have to be so served.
Citations:
[1997] 1 WLR 590
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co Sal and Others HL 30-Jul-2009
The claimant sought to enforce a judgment debt against a foreign resident company, and for this purpose to examine or have examined a director who lived abroad. The defendant said that the rules gave no such power and they did, the power was outside . .
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Jurisdiction, Litigation Practice
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.372593