In case you missed it, PEOPIL (The Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers) have published a position paper reflecting on the UK-EU Summit held in May 2025 as part of the UK-EU reset. The paper sets out PEOPIL’s view that there is no legal basis for the EU’s refusal of the UK’s request to rejoin…
Read moreMarinakis 1 – 0 Karipidis – a recap of the principles applicable in a FNC challenge
In this blog post, Alex Carington summarises a recent decision of Richard Spearman KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the King’s Bench Division) which represents the latest instalment in the ongoing libel proceedings brought by Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Nottingham Forest FC, against his rival Greek football magnate Irini Karipidis. Aside from the inevitable…
Read moreForum non conveniens decoded: Limbu v Dyson Technology Ltd & ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1564
In this blog’s final post before 12KBW’s International and Travel team enjoy a well-earned break over the festive period, John Paul Swoboda decodes the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in Limbu v Dyson Technology Ltd & ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1564. All that remains is for the Editor, on behalf of the whole team at…
Read moreCoronavirus mini-series: (6) a big problem for service on EU-domiciled defendants
Last week, we noted that service of documents abroad via the Foreign Process Section of the Royal Courts of Justice had been suspended. The implications of that decision are significant. Specifically, it may cause huge problems for service in cases involving EU-domiciled defendants. On one analysis, it will in some cases be impossible to serve.
Read moreCoronavirus mini-series: (4) Foreign Process Section
Yesterday, Senior Master Fontaine issued guidance in relation to the work of the Foreign Process Section of the Queen’s Bench Division during the coronavirus pandemic. In summary: The FPS is unable to process tracked postal service requests. Service of judicial and extra-judicial documents is suspended. The processing of requests for service of court documents on…
Read moreBrownlie back in the High Court: Claimant allowed to serve on substitute defendant
Regular readers of this blog will recall our article on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie [2017] UKSC 80 (here). In an order drawn up in July 2018, the Supreme Court directed that all consequential matters should be remitted to the High Court and that the Claimant had permission to…
Read moreThomas Cook mini-series – (2) Alternative avenues for claimants
This blog by Philip Mead forms part of a series on the aftermath of the collapse of the package holiday provider Thomas Cook. A previous blog covers the rights of injured claimants to pursue a remedy where a purchase was made with a credit card. Philip assesses other possible avenues against alternative defendants.
Read moreService out of the jurisdiction and ‘damage’ – our take on Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie
In this blog post, Kate Boakes of 12 King’s Bench Walk provides a fresh perspective on the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie [2017] UKSC 80. The entire judgment, including in particular the Court’s lengthy obiter discussion of the functioning of the CPR’s jurisdictional gateways, is required reading for private international…
Read moreLungowe & Ors v Vedanta Resources Plc v Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528: Anchoring defendants, and suing the parent for the sins of their subsidiaries
This blog is by John-Paul Swoboda of 12 King’s Bench Walk. Chandler v Cape [2012] EWCA Civ 525 was described in the Economist as “A little-noticed court case with big implications”[1]. That was because it was the first time a parent company had successfully been sued for, as the Economist put it, the sins of their…
Read moreNoble Caledonia Limited v Air Niugini Limited [2017] EWHC 1095 (QB) & [2017] EWHC 1393 (QB) – Warsaw Convention, Service out of Jurisdiction
This blog post is by George White of 12 King’s Bench Walk. This claim arose out of a claim in breach of contract against a foreign airline (‘D’). A fuller case commentary is available here.
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