Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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FERREXPO AG v GILSON INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS

[2012] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 588

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Andrew Smith

Jurisdiction — Defendants domiciled in England — Proceedings brought by defendants in Ukraine and then proceedings brought by claimant in England — English court having jurisdiction over defendants by virtue of domicile — Whether English court permitted to stay proceedings — Effect of Owusu v Jackson — Brussels Regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 2, 22, 27 and 28 — Reflexive operation of Regulation to non-EU courts — Stay on case management grounds — CPR 3.1(2)(f).

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