Hearings
England & Wales
23 May 1991 [1991] 1 WLR 1410; [1992] 1 All ER 17, Ch D (Judge Paul Baker QC)
European Union
17 May 1994 (Case C-294/92); EU:C:1994:193; [1994] QB 696; [1994] 3 WLR 801; [1994] 3 All ER 911; [1994] ECR I-1717, ECJ
Webb v Webb
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Immovable property — Purchase of property in France with funds provided by plaintiff — Legal title conveyed to defendant — Use of property as holiday home by both parties — Claim that defendant holding property in trust for plaintiff — Whether jurisdiction of English court ousted by European Convention — Whether French courts having exclusive jurisdiction — Whether action in rem — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 1, art 16(1) (as amended by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990)
[1991] 1 WLR 1410; [1992] 1 All ER 17, Ch D
(Case C-294/92); EU:C:1994:193; [1994] QB 696; [1994] 3 WLR 801; [1994] 3 All ER 911; [1994] ECR I-1717, ECJ