The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 3 WLR 835
Queen’s Bench Division
Simon v Taché and others
[2022] EWHC 1674 (Comm)
2022 June 8; July 1
Judge Cawson QC sitting as a High Court judge
Conflict of laws— Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation— Applicability of Regulation— Belgian but not English proceedings commenced prior to end of transition period of United Kingdom’s withdrawal from European Union— Proceedings becoming “related” after end of transition period— Whether European Union Regulation applicable—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, art 29
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Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
, art 67
Conflict of laws— Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation— Court first seised— English claimant obtaining permission to serve defendants out of jurisdiction before claim form issued— Whether English court seised when permission to serve out obtained or when claim form issued—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, arts 29, 32