LAFARGE PLASTERBOARD LTD. v. FRITZ PETERS & CO. K.G.

[2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 689

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before Judge Peter Bowsher, Q.C.

Contract - Jurisdiction - Exclusive jurisdiction clause - Dispute between English claimant and German defendant - Claimants brought action in England - Whether English Courts had jurisdiction - Whether exclusive jurisdiction clause in claimants’ terms formed part of contract - Whether defendants should be sued in Germany - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 2, 17.