Forum disputes: “get it right first time”

As I said at the outset, I was persuaded to give permission to appeal because it appeared that a question of principle might arise. With the benefit of argument, I doubt whether that is so. However, this appeal will have served a useful purpose if it underlines the importance, in this context as elsewhere, of…

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Forum conveniens

We previously wrote about how, following the Supreme Court’s approach in Brownlie II, the likelihood is that “proper forum” disputes will form a major battleground in future international injury litigation. It seems that the first wave of such cases is already arriving, as illustrated by the recent failure of a forum challenge in Klifa v…

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