Hearings
England & Wales
18 Oct 1966 [1967] 2 QB 590; [1967] 2 WLR 119; [1966] 3 All ER 847, CA
Mackender v Feldia AG
Subject Matter
INSURANCE — Non-disclosure — Effect — Alleged failure to disclose practice of smuggling in foreign country — Policy with foreign jurisdiction clause — Whether contract void ab initio — Whether clause binding
[1967] 2 QB 590; [1967] 2 WLR 119
LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Conflict of laws — Jurisdiction of English courts over contracts subject to foreign jurisdiction by agreement
[1967] 2 QB 590; [1967] 2 WLR 119
PRACTICE — Writ — Service out of jurisdiction — Contract — Contract made within jurisdiction — Insurance policy with foreign jurisdiction clause — Proceedings on policy in Belgium — Writ claiming policy void issued in England — Whether leave should be granted to serve writ outside jurisdiction — RSC (Rev 1965), Ord 11, r 1 (f)