The High Court has dismissed an application (under the Bankers’ Book Evidence Act 1879) by the CFO of a telecommunications company for access to bank documents for use in Canadian extradition proceedings (initiated by US prosecutors who were seeking to join the CFO as a co-defendant to criminal proceedings in the US because she was … Read more

On 12 February, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in a high profile jurisdictional challenge relating to group claims brought against Royal Dutch Shell plc and its Nigerian subsidiary in connection with alleged pollution in the Niger Delta: Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell plc and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2021] … Read more

The High Court has dismissed an Italian municipal authority’s application to strike out certain parts of the claimant banks’ particulars of claims and/or for a stay (in relation to a declaratory relief claim in connection with two interest rate swap transactions): Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SPA and Dexia Credip SPA v Commune Di Venezia [2020] EWHC … Read more

The Court of Appeal has held that an asymmetric or unilateral jurisdiction clause is an exclusive jurisdiction clause for the purposes of the recast Brussels Regulation. The English court was therefore entitled to continue with its proceedings where it was the chosen court but proceedings had been commenced earlier in Germany: Etihad Airways PJSC v … Read more