Jurisdiction: the European insurance jurisdiction rules

In The London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain (The Prestige) (No 4) [2020] EWHC 1920 (Comm) Butcher J considered the operation of the insurance jurisdiction rules in the Brussels Regulation Recast, European Council Regulation 1215/2012/EU in the light of recent guidance given by the Supreme Court. The issue arose in the context of a direct action brought against a P&I Club by the victims of pollution.

The Prestige : the facts