Tchenguiz v Grant Thornton UK llp

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Tort — Jurisdiction — Claimants alleging torts of malicious prosecution, conspiracy to injure by unlawful means, and malicious procurement of arrest and search documentation — Whether action to be stayed — Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding-up) Regulations 2004, reg 5 — Parliament and Council Directive 2001/24/EC — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 2007, art 1(2)(b)

[2015] EWHC 1864 (Comm); [2015] 2 BCLC 307; [2015] CN 1131, QBD

[2017] EWCA Civ 83; [2018] QB 695; [2018] 2 WLR 834; [2017] 2 BCLC 299; [2017] WLR (D) 153, CA

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation — Insolvency — Claimants bringing tortious claim in England against Icelandic bank subject to winding up proceedings in Iceland — Icelandic insolvency law prohibiting bringing of court proceedings against bank subject to winding up proceedings — Whether having jurisdictional effect throughout European Economic Area — Whether claim to be dismissed — Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding up) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1045), reg 5 — Parliament and Council Directive 2001/24/EC, art 10 — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (2007), art 5(3)

[2017] EWCA Civ 83; [2018] QB 695; [2018] 2 WLR 834; [2017] 2 BCLC 299; [2017] WLR (D) 153, CA

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