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TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Comment: Marzillier, Dr Meier & Dr Guntner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft MbH v AMT Futures Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 143
AU - Ahmed, Mukarrum
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article examines the recent significant ruling of the English Court of Appeal on jurisdiction to adjudicate upon a claim for damages for the tort/delict of inducing breach of an English exclusive choice of court agreement against a claimant’s legal advisers. The determination of the issue of jurisdiction hinges on whether England is the place where the economic loss occurred pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation. It will be argued that the CJEU authorities on allocation of jurisdiction in tort/delict claims lend support to the conclusion that Germany was the place where the ‘harmful event’ occurred and the damage suffered was the cost and expense caused by the litigation, which was also suffered in Germany. Therefore, it is submitted that the veracity of the Court of Appeal’s decision may be verified by reference to established EU private international law rules of allocation of jurisdiction. A more pragmatic approach to the jurisdictional issue premised on the private law rights and obligations of the parties to the choice of court agreement may end up compromising these principles by according dubious jurisdictional precedence to the place where the indirect consequences of the economic loss occur. Moreover, if it was held that the English courts possess jurisdiction over the matter then the legality and legitimacy of the damages remedy in light of the principle of effectiveness of EU law (effet utile) and the principle of mutual trust would be implicated which may have necessitated a reassessment of Longmore LJ’s controversial decision in [2014] EWCA Civ 1010.
AB - This article examines the recent significant ruling of the English Court of Appeal on jurisdiction to adjudicate upon a claim for damages for the tort/delict of inducing breach of an English exclusive choice of court agreement against a claimant’s legal advisers. The determination of the issue of jurisdiction hinges on whether England is the place where the economic loss occurred pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation. It will be argued that the CJEU authorities on allocation of jurisdiction in tort/delict claims lend support to the conclusion that Germany was the place where the ‘harmful event’ occurred and the damage suffered was the cost and expense caused by the litigation, which was also suffered in Germany. Therefore, it is submitted that the veracity of the Court of Appeal’s decision may be verified by reference to established EU private international law rules of allocation of jurisdiction. A more pragmatic approach to the jurisdictional issue premised on the private law rights and obligations of the parties to the choice of court agreement may end up compromising these principles by according dubious jurisdictional precedence to the place where the indirect consequences of the economic loss occur. Moreover, if it was held that the English courts possess jurisdiction over the matter then the legality and legitimacy of the damages remedy in light of the principle of effectiveness of EU law (effet utile) and the principle of mutual trust would be implicated which may have necessitated a reassessment of Longmore LJ’s controversial decision in [2014] EWCA Civ 1010.
KW - Private International Law
KW - European Union Law
KW - Tort Law
KW - International Commercial Litigation
KW - Brussels I Regulation
KW - Pure Economic Loss
KW - Choice-of-Court Agreements
KW - Rome II Regulation
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 118
EP - 125
JO - Aberdeen Student Law Review
JF - Aberdeen Student Law Review
SN - 2045-7340
IS - 1
ER -