Commercial Court clarifies succession exception to jurisdiction under the Brussels Regulation | Practical Law

Commercial Court clarifies succession exception to jurisdiction under the Brussels Regulation | Practical Law

In Sabbagh v Khoury and others [2014] EWHC 3233 (Comm), the Commercial Court considered whether it should decline jurisdiction because of an arbitration agreement, alternatively on the basis that the claims fell outside the Brussels Regulation.

Commercial Court clarifies succession exception to jurisdiction under the Brussels Regulation

by Practical Law Dispute Resolution
Published on 21 Oct 2014 • England
In Sabbagh v Khoury and others [2014] EWHC 3233 (Comm), the Commercial Court considered whether it should decline jurisdiction because of an arbitration agreement, alternatively on the basis that the claims fell outside the Brussels Regulation.
Note: On 28 July 2017, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against this decision, see Sabbagh v Khoury and others [2017] EWCA Civ 1120, considered in Legal update, Claim against anchor defendant subject to merits test under 2001 Brussels Regulation (Court of Appeal).