SSQ EUROPE S.A. v. JOHANN & BACKES OHG

[2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 465

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISIONBRISTOL MERCANTILE COURT

Before His Honour Judge Havelock- Allan, Q.C.

Practice - Jurisdiction - Extension of time - Exclusive jurisdiction clause - Claimant sold Spanish slate to defendant - Dispute between claimant and defendant - Defendant obtained extension of time for filing defence - Whether extension included extension of time for challenging jurisdiction - Whether exclusive jurisdiction clause in claimant’s standard terms incorporated in contract between claimant and defendant - Whether action should be brought in Germany - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, Schedule, arts. 2, 17.