Petrusha, A.A. Jurisdiction of the English court in an example of the contract for the international sale of goods

Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of the jurisdiction of the English court, taking the case on the dispute, arising from the international sale of goods. The goal of this article is to find out the cases, in which a Russian company may be called to an English court as a respondent in a contract-based claim. The author analyze the English procedural norms on bringing to court a foreign company, both when it is within the English territorial jurisdiction (if this company has a filial office or other business activity in England), and when it is not. Much attention is paid to the connecting factors, such as conclusion of contracts in the English territory, violation of contract in the territory of England, etc.), which allow the English court to have competence in a case against a respondent, which is situated outside the English jurisdiction. The author deals with the meanings of these connecting factors under the English law (such as when the contract shall be deemed to be violated within the jurisdiction of the English court, etc.)

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