In March, the UK Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment, in which it held that:
- contempt of court constitutes unlawful means for the purposes of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy, giving rise to a private cause of action; and
- where a conspiracy is hatched in England, the English courts have jurisdiction under the Lugano Convention to hear a claim founded in that conspiracy (even if all other elements of the tort take place abroad).
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