Table of contents
- What are the practical implications of this case?
- What was the background?
- What did the court decide?
- The Tort Gateway Issue
- The Foreign Law Issue
- Case details
Article summary
Dispute Resolution analysis: In dismissing hotel company FS Cairo’s appeal against the lower court’s decision to grant Lady Brownlie permission to serve proceedings relating to her husband’s fatal car crash on the company out of the jurisdiction, the Supreme Court made important statements about jurisdiction and application of foreign law issues. Jonathan Kelly and Zaid Fathoala, senior associate and associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP respectively, comment on the judgment.
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