The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2001] 1 AC 223
House of Lords
Agnew and others v Länsforsäkringsbolagens AB
1999 Nov 8,
9;
2000 Feb 17
2000 Feb 17
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Woolf MR, Lord Cooke of Thorndon, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Millettt
Conflict of Laws
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Place of performance of contractual obligation
— Reinsurance contract
— Action by reinsurers seeking to avoid reinsurance contracts on grounds of misrepresentation and non-disclosure
— Application by insurers to set aside writ for want of jurisdiction
— Whether action concerning “matters relating to insurance”
— Whether concerning “matters relating to a contract”
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Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c 27), Sch 3C (as inserted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c 12), s 1(3), Sch 1), arts 5(1), 7
Insurance
— Reinsurance
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Action by reinsurers to avoid reinsurance contracts on grounds of misrepresentation and non-disclosure
— Whether concerning “matters relating to insurance”
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Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 3C, art 7