Erste Group Bank AG v JSC VMZ «Red October» [2014] BPIR 81 (Comm Ct); [2015] 1 CLC 706 (CA)(with Richard Snowden QC and Richard Morgan QC):
substantial jurisdiction challenge at first instance and on appeal in relation to conspiracy claims brought by an Austrian bank against Russian state - owned entities.
Involved
a substantial jurisdiction challenge at first instance and in the Court of Appeal.
Not exact matches
The usual response is for the defendant to
challenge the plaintiff's choice of forum by bringing a motion to stay the action based upon lack of subject - matter
jurisdiction and / or personal
jurisdiction (the reformulated Van Breda test for assumed
jurisdiction based upon a «real and
substantial connection»).