The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 4 WLR 39
Queen’s Bench Division
Husayn v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others
[2021] EWHC 331 (QB)
2021 Jan 20; Feb 19
Lane J
Conflict of laws— Tort— Applicable law— Claim against defendants alleging vicarious liability for torts committed by others during detention of claimant in secret facilities in six countries outside United Kingdom— Whether applicable law that of England and Wales or countries in which alleged tortious events occurring— Whether general rule as to applicable law displaced— Whether applying law of six countries contrary to public policy—
Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c 42), ss 11, 12, 14