The Weekly Law Reports
[2003] 2 WLR 656
Court of Appeal
Insured Financial Structures Ltd
v
Elektrocieplownia Tychy SA
[2003] EWCA Civ 110
2003 Jan 28
Lord Woolf CJ, Hale and Latham LJJ
Conflict of laws
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Exclusive jurisdiction
— Contract between English company and Polish company providing that Polish courts having non-exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes
— English company bringing claim in English courts
— Whether contract conferring exclusive jurisdiction on Polish courts
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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), art 17(1)