Sentences with phrase «english exclusive jurisdiction clause»

Claimant argues that the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Article 25 Brussels I Recast because the relevant contract contains an English exclusive jurisdiction clause and further contends that the relevant contract was concluded by AMS Mexico and / or AMS on behalf of AT1 and Ezion as undisclosed principals and that, as undisclosed principals, the contract — together with the jurisdiction agreement — was binding on AT1 and Ezion.

UBS contended that the English exclusive jurisdiction clause should be construed widely, with a presumption that disputes would be heard by the same tribunal.

If it were otherwise it would appear to follow that a defendant who had at least as good a chance of showing that he did not agree to litigate in England as the claimant had of showing that he did, would be likely to find himself compelled to litigate in England, on the footing that, once a good arguable case was made out in favour of an English exclusive jurisdiction clause, discretionary considerations would be unlikely to call for the case to be decided elsewhere.

Where proceedings are brought pursuant to an English exclusive jurisdiction clause, the clause has mandatory effect, and the court is deprived of its common law discretion to stay proceedings in favour of another jurisdiction on classic forum non conveniens grounds.

Not exact matches

He ruled that the agreement's English governing law and exclusive jurisdiction clause was sacrosanct.

In a scenario which played itself out in various European capitals the measures imposed by the Icelandic government in order to prop up its banking system potentially undermined the agreement's exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the English High Court as well as its governing English law provision.

In that case the exclusive English High Court jurisdiction and English governing law clauses were contained in a share sale agreement which was the subject of High Court proceedings against the German defendant.

The Supreme Court has handed down its Judgment in the appeal on AMTF v. Marzillier [2017] UKSC 13, ruling that English courts do not have jurisdiction over an inducement to breach an exclusive English jurisdiction clause.

Bankhaus Wolbern & Co (AG & Co KG)(2) Vision 93 Konserveirungs Und Vermogensverwaltun GS GMBH & Co KG v China Construction Bank Corporation, Zhejiang Branch [2012] EWHC 3285 (Comm): jurisdiction challenge by a Chinese Bank in the context of a non exclusive English jurisdiction clause raising issues as the applicability of Art 23 Judgments Regulation and relevance of a Chinese Court Order prohibiting payment by the Chinese Bank under a refund guarantee.

On that basis the court concluded that the exclusive English jurisdiction clause was insufficiently wide to cover the dispute between the parties.

Some of the agreements were governed by English law and contained exclusive English jurisdiction clauses.

It was manifestly incompatible for a dispute falling within a non exclusive New York jurisdiction clause also to be the subject of an exclusive English jurisdiction clause.

ZH 1006 (2012): jurisdiction challenge by a Chinese Bank in the context of a non exclusive English jurisdiction clause raising issues as the applicability of Art 23 Judgments Regulation and relevance of a Chinese Court Order prohibiting payment by the Chinese Bank under a refund guarantee.