February 2020 – International & Travel Law Blog

“Territorial scope” clauses and Odenbreit: new High Court ruling

February 24, 2020 James Beeton Judgments Regulation

In this blog post, Spencer Turner considers the recent decision of Andrews J in Hutchinson v Mapfre España Compañia de Seguros Y Reaseguros SA and another [2020] EWHC 178 (QB). The case involved a number of important issues for cross-border practitioners: The extent to which the consumer contract provisions of Brussels I (Recast) depend on…

Limitation and Rome II: is service a matter of procedure?

February 13, 2020 James Beeton Limitation Periods

In Pandya v Intersalonika General Insurance Co SA [2020] EWHC 273 (QB), Tipples J considered as a preliminary issue whether the claimant’s case should be struck out on the basis that it was time-barred. The case involves an interesting analysis of whether service will be treated as a matter of evidence and procedure under art….

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Month: February 2020