Boss Group Ltd v Boss France S.A.

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeRussell,Saville,Otton L JJ.
Judgment Date02 April 1996
Date02 April 1996
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc and another v MLK Digital FZE (Cyprus) Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 May 2006
    ...result. 101 Mr Kenny nevertheless has submitted that such a conclusion is contrary to the learning to be derived from Boss Group Ltd v. Boss France SA [1997] 1 WLR 351. There, Boss France commenced proceedings in France against Boss Group alleging breach of an exclusive distribution agreem......
  • Youell v La Réunion Aérienne
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 March 2009
    ...a matter relating to a contract by relying on the fact that that was what the French market was contending against it in Paris: Boss Group Ltd v Boss France SA [1997] 1 WLR 351 (CA). Second, he held that the special provisions relating to insurance did not apply to the claim because the in......
  • Agnew and Others v Lansforsakringsbolagens
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 July 1997
    ... ... claims concerned with the existence of a contract ( Boss Group Ltd. v. Boss France S.A. [1995] 1 W.L.R. 351 ) ... ...
  • Equitas Ltd and Another v Wave City Shipping Company Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 13 May 2005
    ...who claims that there was no contract to be breached and no tort committed, may not avail himself of the same facility. 12 In Boss Group Limited v. Boss France S.A. [1997] 1 WLR 351 the Court of Appeal was concerned with jurisdiction under Article 5(1) which applies to matters "relating to......
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2 books & journal articles
  • ENFORCING ENGLISH JURISDICTION CLAUSES IN BILLS OF LADING
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2006, December 2006
    • 1 December 2006
    ...declarations of liability, they appear to have overcome their antipathy to this remedy: see eg, Boss Group Ltd v Boss France SA[1996] 4 All ER 970; Maas Logistics (UK) Ltd v CDR Trucking BV[1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 179; Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA[2000] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 428; Phillips v Symes[2001......
  • Choice of Law in Tort—Blending in with the Landscape of the Conflict of Laws?
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 61-1, January 1998
    • 1 January 1998
    ...open to the court to use its discretion under Order 15,rule 16 to decline to make a declaration: see Boss Group Ltd vBoss France SA [1996] 4 All ER 970.97 Assuming that the decision in Pearce, n 75 above, will not preclude the application of the doubleactionability rule to defamation action......

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