Jurisdiction: Games without frontiers

Jamie Curle and Camilla Macpherson provide some pointers on drafting jurisdiction clauses from recent case law ‘The English courts will seek to give effect to the parties’ agreement on jurisdiction in the absence of strong reasons for departing from that agreement.’ As deals become ever more complex and global, the courts are increasingly being asked …
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Jurisdiction: Trust in Fiona Trust?

Davina Given and Ed Holmes report on recent developments in the Court of Appeal ‘Based on detailed analysis of both the terms of business agreement (ToBA) and the framework agreement, the Court of Appeal held that AmTrust had shown… that the arbitration clause in the framework agreement did not extend to matters subject to the …
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