Hearings
England & Wales
18 Feb 2008 [2009] Ch 245; [2008] 3 WLR 309; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 973; [2008] EWHC (Ch), Ch D
03 Oct 2008 [2008] EWCA Civ 1065; [2009] Ch 245; [2009] 2 WLR 950; [2009] 1 All ER (Comm) 127, CA
Gomez v Gomez-Monche Vives
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under Council Regulation — Breach of trust — Trust declared by declaration of trust — Declaration expressly declaring English law to be proper law — Claim for breach of trust brought in England against defendant domiciled in Spain — Allegation that defendant not entitled to sums paid to her by trustees or to exercise fiduciary power given by declaration as she had — Whether trust domiciled in England — Whether defendant sued as “trustee” or “beneficiary” — Whether donee of fiduciary power “trustee” — Whether court having jurisdiction to hear claim — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001, Sch 1, para 12(3) — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, arts 5(6), 60(3)
Appellate History
Gomez v Gomez-Monche Vives [2009] Ch 245; [2008] 3 WLR 309; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 973; [2008] EWHC (Ch), Ch D
Decision of Morgan J reversed in part
Gomez v Gomez-Monche Vives [2008] EWCA Civ 1065; [2009] Ch 245; [2009] 2 WLR 950; [2009] 1 All ER (Comm) 127, CA