Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc and Another
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judge | LORD GOFF OF CHIEVELEY,LORD LLOYD OF BERWICK,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD,LORD CLYDE |
Judgment Date | 24 July 1997 |
Judgment citation (vLex) | [1997] UKHL J0724-2 |
Date | 24 July 1997 |
Court | House of Lords |
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93 cases
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Lubbe and Others v Cape Plc and related appeals
...what factors there are which point in the direction of another forum (Spiliada, page 477; Connelly v. R.T.Z. Corporation Plc. [1998] A.C. 854 at 871). If the court concludes at that stage that there is no other available forum which is clearly more appropriate for the trial of the action, ......
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Sibir Energy Plc v Gregory Trading SA and Others
...Islands. 18. Lubbe v Cape plc [2000] 1 W.L.R. 1545. 19. The Abidin Daver [1984] A.C. 398. 20. Connelly v R.T.Z. Corporation plc [1998] A.C. 854. 21. Amchem Products Inc. v (British Columbia) Workers' Compensation Board (1993) 102 D.L.R. (4th) 96. Summary Judgment/strike out application — C......
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Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and another (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and another intervening); Mitchell v Al-Dali;
...in which justice may be done more suitably: Spiliada Maritime Corp. v. Cansulex LtdELR [1987] AC 460, Connelly v. RTZ Corp. plcELR [1998] AC 854 and Dicey & Morris, The Conflict of Laws, vol. 1, ch. 12, p. 385. There could in some circumstances even be a potential tension between that gener......
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Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and another (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and another intervening); Mitchell v Al-Dali;
... ... ) (unreported) 14 February 2002 ,I C J Congreso del Partido, I [ 1983 ] 1 AC 244 ;[ 1981 ] 3 WLR 328 ;[ 1981 ] 2 AllER 1064 , HL(E) Connelly v RTZ Corpn plc [ 1998 ]A C 854 ;[ 1997 ] 3 WLR 373 ;[ 1997 ] 4 All ER 335 , HL(E) Controller and Auditor General v Davison [ 1996 ] NZAR 145 ... itself, Hospital Corpn of America (ÔÔHCAÕ Õ), which had recruited Mr Nelson to work in a Saudi Arabian hospital, and Royspec, a Saudi corporation owned and controlled by the Kingdom, which acted as purchasing agent for the hospital. All three defendants were treated by the majority as ... ...
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1 firm's commentaries
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International Team Head Explains What Works In Field Of Corporate Accountability
...Rio Tinto for Edward Connelly. This included two landmark jurisdiction victories in the House of Lords, Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc [1997] 3 WLR 373 and Lubbe & Others Cape Plc 2000 1 WLR 1545. He represented 31 Peruvian torture victims in case against Monterrico Metals plc, in which a w......
17 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...Mediterranee SA [2016] EWHC 1510 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 17 (Jul) 2.21 Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc [1997] UKHL 30, [1998] AC 584, [1997] 3 WLR 373, [1997] 4 All ER 335 9.24 Constantine v Imperial Hotels Limited [1944] 1 KB 693, [1944] 2 All ER 171, KBD 8.19, 8.42 Cook v Virgin Media Limi......
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Accidents - Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
...Limited and Hyundia Heavy Industries Company Limited [2019] EWHC 2867 (Admlty), [2019] 10 WLUK 810. 33 See Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc [1998] AC 854. 34 Alta Trading UK v Bosworth [2021] EWCA Civ 687, [2021] ICR 1358, [2021] 5 WLUK 148. In this case there had been six substantive hearing......
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Table of cases
...278 Compton v. Bearcroft (1769), 161 E.R. 799 (Court of Delegates)....................... 383 Connelly v. RTZ Corporation plc, [1998] A.C. 854 (H.L.)................................. 134 Cook v. Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C. (1997), 143 D.L.R. (4th) 213, 31 B.C.L.R. (3d) 24, [1997......
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Conflict of Laws
...the Singapore legislature”: EFG Bank AG, Singapore Branch v Surewin Worldwide Ltd [2021] SGHC 227 at [291]. 305 Connelly v RTZ Corp plc [1998] AC 854 at 872G, per Lord Goff of Chieveley. 306 Brinkerhoff Maritime Drilling Corp v PT Airfast Services Indonesia [1992] 2 SLR(R) 345 at [38], per ......
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