CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA v Afriquia Gaz SA

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Party issuing Part 20 claim form against bank in Switzerland during Brexit implementation period on basis of jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Party serving claim form after implementation period without court’s permission — Whether permission required — CPR r 6.33(3)

[2022] EWHC 2871 (Comm); [2022] 4 WLR 111; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 709; [2022] WLR(D) 458, KBD

PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Party bringing Part 20 claim on basis English courts having jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Claim form issued during implementation period for United Kingdom’s exit from European Union but served after end of such period — Whether court’s permission required to serve claim form outside jurisdiction — CPR r 6.33(3)

[2023] EWCA Civ 1072; [2024] KB 243; [2024] 2 WLR 686; [2024] 2 All ER 616; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 1165; [2023] WLR(D) 419, CA

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction — Party bringing Part 20 claim on basis English courts having jurisdiction under Lugano Convention — Whether English courts having jursidiction — Whether necessary to establish close connection between Part 20 claim and main proceedings — Whether jurisdiction founded at date of issue of Part 20 claim capable of later being lost — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (2007), art 6(2)

[2023] EWCA Civ 1072; [2024] KB 243; [2024] 2 WLR 686; [2024] 2 All ER 616; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 1165; [2023] WLR(D) 419, CA

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