S. & W. Berisford and another v. New Hampshire Insurance Co. - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 27 November 1989

Civil Jurisdiction Convention applies even though neither plaintiffs nor defendants are domiciled in a Convention country

The defendants were an American company carrying on business in New York and London. The first plaintiffs were a United Kingdom company and were the parent company of the second plaintiffs who were a New York company carrying on business in New York.