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[2021] WLR(D) 629
Queen’s Bench Division
Hill v Generali Biztosító Zrt
[2021] EWHC 3381 (QB)
2021 Nov 30; Dec 14
Pepperall J
Conflict of laws— Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation— Matters relating to insurance— Collision in Germany between car driven by claimant and vehicle insured by Hungarian insurance company— Claimant domiciled in England— Collision occurring prior to departure of United Kingdom from European Union— Claimant suing Hungarian insurer in English courts for both insured and uninsured losses— Claimant’s insurer subrogated at common law to claim for insured losses— Whether English courts having jurisdiction over subrogated claim— Whether to be treated as if brought by claimant’s insurer in own name— Whether required to be brought in Hungary as domicile of defendant—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, arts 8(2), 10–13