Lloyd's Law Reports Plus

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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FERREXPO AG v GILSON INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS

[2012] Lloyd's Rep Plus 35

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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