Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie [2017] UKSC 80

Jurisdiction: Going out on a limb

Andrew Wanambwa assesses guidance on jurisdiction from the Court of Appeal ‘The facts of Kaefer were complex but the key issue in the case was whether there was a “good arguable case” that two of the defendants, AT1 and Ezion, were parties to a contract and therefore bound by the jurisdiction agreement contained in it.’ …

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Update: (Un)happy holidays

Anna Pertoldi considers a recent case on damage ‘The main argument which the Court of Appeal accepted was that “damage“ was confined to direct damage for the purpose of choice of law and the same concept should be applied to questions of jurisdiction.‘ The Supreme Court has found, by a majority and in obiter comments, …

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