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Foreign Accidents And Foreign Law: Where are we now?
Philip Mead contemplates issues of jurisdiction ‘Case management judges should be astute to identify on the pleadings what the scope of any dispute as to the content of foreign law is, before launching into the need for foreign expert evidence.’ Ever since FBTO Schadeverzekeringen NV v Odenbreit [2007], claimant lawyers have been alert to the …
Cases Referenced
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- Bacon v Nacional Suiza CIA Seguros y Reseguros SA [2010] EWHC 2017 (QB)
- Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2011] EWHC 2806 (QB); [2014] UKSC 22
- FBTO Schadeverzekeringen NV v Odenbreit [2007] ECR I-11321
- Homawoo v GMF Assurances SA [2010] EWHC 1941 (QB); [2011] EUECJ C-412/10
- Jacobs v Motor Insurers Bureau [2010] EWCA Civ 1208
- Maher & anor v Groupama Grand Est [2009] EWCA Civ 1191
- Thwaites v Aviva Assurances [2010] Lloyds Rep IR 661
- Vorarlberger Gebietskrankenkasse v WGV-Schwabische Allgemeine Versicherungs AG [2009] ECR I-8661