Hearings
England & Wales
08 Aug 1996 [1996] 4 All ER 978, QBD (Mance J)
31 Jul 1997 [1997] 4 All ER 937, CA
17 Feb 2000 [2001] 1 AC 223; [2000] 2 WLR 497; [2000] 1 All ER 737, HL(E)
Agnew v Länsförsäkringsbolagens AB
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Place of performance of contractual obligation — Reinsurance contract — Action by reinsurers seeking to avoid reinsurance contracts on grounds of misrepresentation and non-disclosure — Application by insurers to set aside writ for want of jurisdiction — Whether action concerning “matters relating to insurance” — Whether concerning “matters relating to a contract” — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 3C (as inserted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991, s 1(3), Sch 1), arts 5(1), 7
[1996] 4 All ER 978, QBD
[1997] 4 All ER 937, CA
[2001] 1 AC 223; [2000] 2 WLR 497; [2000] 1 All ER 737, HL(E)
INSURANCE — Reinsurance — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Action by reinsurers to avoid reinsurance contracts on grounds of misrepresentation and non-disclosure — Whether concerning “matters relating to insurance” — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 3C (as inserted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991, s 1(3), Sch 1), art 7
[1996] 4 All ER 978, QBD
[1997] 4 All ER 937, CA
[2001] 1 AC 223; [2000] 2 WLR 497; [2000] 1 All ER 737, HL(E)
Appellate History
Agnew v Länsförsäkringsbolagens AB [1996] 4 All ER 978, QBD
Decision of Mance J affirmed
Agnew v Länsförsäkringsbolagens AB [1997] 4 All ER 937, CA
Agnew v Länsförsäkringsbolagens AB [1997] 4 All ER 937, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Agnew v Länsförsäkringsbolagens AB [2001] 1 AC 223; [2000] 2 WLR 497; [2000] 1 All ER 737, HL(E)