Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 169: Listen and Learn -- Personal Jurisdiction (Civ Pro)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 263: Listen and Learn -- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
To file bankruptcy in the U.S., a debtor must reside in, have a domicile or a place of business in, or have property in the United States. 11 U.S.C. § 109(a). In cross border chapter 15 cases, courts have considered whether...more
The English High Court has decided that, in determining whether it has jurisdiction to hear claims about economic loss, the focus must be on where the loss manifested itself (i.e. its crystallisation) rather than on the...more
Since 2015, three cases have gradually been making their way through the English appeal courts: Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc; Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell; and AAA & Ors v Unilever. To quote the Court of Appeal in...more
In this OnPoint we consider when discrimination and employment claims can be brought in Great Britain by those working overseas, with particular focus on the recent discrimination case of Ravisy v Simmons & Simmons LLP and...more
Home is where the heart is; home is also where a Claim Form can be served. Under the Recast Brussels Regulation a person “domiciled” in an EU Member State can be sued in the courts of that Member State, and such a claim...more
Until now, the UK has been one of the most welcoming jurisdictions in Europe where non-UK-domiciled individuals could live. Today, Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Summer Budget that from April 2017 the rules...more
Introduction - Regulation 44/2001 (the “Original Brussels Regulation”), which aimed to harmonise the approach to jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments across European Union Member States’...more