Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Glasgow City Council

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Jurisdiction — Restitution claim in England against Scottish local authority — Issue whether English court having jurisdiction — Interpretation required of provisions of United Kingdom conflict of laws legislation modelled on Brussels Convention — Question referred seeking interpretation of equivalent Convention provisions — Whether Court of Justice having jurisdiction to give preliminary ruling — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, ss 16(3)(a), 47, Schs 1, 2, 4

[1996] QB 57; [1995] 3 WLR 866