Jurisdiction Clause in UK Law

  • Donohue v Armco Inc. and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 13 Diciembre 2001
    ... ... in England and, most importantly, provided for the exclusive jurisdiction of the English court. In the sale and purchase agreement it was provided ... The exclusive jurisdiction clause in each of the transfer agreements was differently worded, but no point ... ...
  • VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corpn
    • Supreme Court
    • 06 Febrero 2013
    ... ... , VTB required permission to effect service on them out of the jurisdiction. Permission was obtained from Master Winegarten on 11 May 2011. The first, ... jurisdiction and be the most appropriate and convenient forum: clause 35.1. The purpose of the facility agreement was in turn to fund RAP's ... ...
  • Evans Marshall & Company Ltd v Bertola S.A.
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Diciembre 1972
    ... ... There was no clause binding the Plaintiffs to adhere to any particular wholesale or retail ... 45 Jurisdiction ... 46 I now turn to the first of the main points with which this ... ...
  • Mackender v Feldia. A.G.
    • Court of Appeal
    • 18 Octubre 1966
    ... ... The premium was £4,675. The policy contained a foreign jurisdiction clause in these terms: "Notwithstanding that this policy has been ... ...
  • Channel Tunnel Group Ltd and Another v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Enero 1993
    ... ... Like him, I am concerned that the jurisdiction to grant an injunction, which is unfettered in the statute, should be ... the contract in question contained a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause, the only injunction capable of being granted by the English courts in the ... ...
  • Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Octubre 1981
    ... ... be judged by the Court of Geneva, exclusive of any other jurisdiction." ... 5 Soon after this, in ... agreement of 4th January 1978—and so the exclusive jurisdiction clause—is void as offending the law against champerty and maintenance ... ...
  • Premium Nafta Products Ltd v Fili Shipping Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Octubre 2007
    ... ... : first, whether, as a matter of construction, the arbitration clause is apt to cover the question of whether the contract was procured by ... this charter shall be decided by the English courts to whose jurisdiction the parties hereby agree. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, but ... ...
  • Sulamérica Cia Nacional de Seguros SA and Others v Enesa Engelharia SA and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 Mayo 2012
    ... ... 3 The policy contains a London arbitration clause, to which I shall refer in more detail later, but it also contains an ... law as the law governing the contract and an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the courts of Brazil. On 29 th November 2011 the ... ...
  • Fili Shipping Company Ltd v Premium Nafta Products Ltd; Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Enero 2007
    ... ... by arbitration in the context of a common form of arbitration clause ... 3 The relevant contracts are eight ... this charter shall be decided by the English Courts to whose jurisdiction the parties hereby agree. (c) Notwithstanding the ... ...
  • Homburg Houtimport BV v Agrosin Private Ltd (Starsin)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Marzo 2003
    ... ... Particular reliance was placed on conditions 1 (the definitions clause), 33 (the identity of carrier clause) and 35 (the demise clause). In some ... (g) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 the High Court has admiralty jurisdiction in respect of claims for loss of or damage to goods carried in a ship ... ...
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