The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1992] QB 434
[COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES]
OVERSEAS UNION INSURANCE LTD. AND OTHERS v. NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.
(Case C 351/89)
1991 Feb. 5;
March 7;
June 27
March 7;
June 27
President of Chamber G. F. Mancini, Judges T. F. O'Higgins, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn Advocate General W. van Gerven
Practice
— Stay of proceedings
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Defendants to proceedings in France challenging jurisdiction
— Subsequent proceedings in England involving same cause of action and parties
— Whether English court bound to decline jurisdiction or stay proceedings
— Whether parties' domicile relevant
— Whether jurisdiction of French court open to examination
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Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), Sch. 1, art. 21
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