Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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MAZUR MEDIA LTD. v. MAZUR MEDIA G.M.B.H.

[2005] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 41

CHANCERY DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice Lawrence Collins

Conflict of laws - Insolvency - Contract for shareholding in record company - Company to deliver all recordings to buyer - Exclusive jurisdiction clause nominating English Courts - Company subsequently assigned copyright in recordings to claimant - Company becoming insolvent - Whether English Court had jurisdiction over dispute as to ownership of recordings - Jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings - Whether harmful event occurring in England - European Council Regulation 44/2001, arts. 5(3) and 23 - Insolvency Act, 1986, s. 130(2).

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