The Weekly Law Reports
[1978] 2 WLR 1
[COURT OF APPEAL]
S.A. CONSORTIUM GENERAL TEXTILES
v.
SUN AND SAND AGENCIES LTD.
[1976 S No. 6305]
1977 Jan. 31;
Feb. 14;
June 29, 30;
July 1, 4
Feb. 14;
June 29, 30;
July 1, 4
Parker J. Lord Denning M.R., Goff and Shaw L.JJ.
Conflict of Laws
— Foreign judgment
— Act of 1933
— French sellers' claim on English merchants
— Contracts giving exclusive jurisdiction to two French courts
— Merchants' reference to jurisdiction term
— Judgment in default on all claims in one French court
— Technical defect in notification of judgment
— Appeal out of time f rom judgment
— Whether merchants “agreed … to submit” to French court's jurisdiction
— Whether “resistance abusive” award “fine or … penalty”
— Whether judgment to be registered
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Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 13), ss. 1 (2) (b), 2 (1) (b) (5), 4 (1) (a) (ii) (v), 4 (2) (a) (i) (iii), 5 (1)