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PROTOCOL 2 ANNEXED TO THE 
LUGANO CONVENTION
Nº 2002/17

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Art. 2

Preliminary reference
Case C-281/02
Court  :  Court of Appeal
Date  :  05.07.2002
Parties  :  Andrew Owusu / N.B. Jackson and others

 
Keywords  :  Preliminary reference
 
E-02.01 Brussels Convention - Jurisdiction - Basic rule - Jurisdiction of the courts of the defendant’s domicile - Proceedings commended in England against a defendant domiciled in England and other defendants domiciled in a non- Contracting State following an accident in that State - Claim in contract and in tort and not having any connection with another Contracting State - Power for the English court to decline jurisdiction in favour of the courts of a non-Contracting State under the principle of English law ‘forum non conveniens’ - Compatibility with the Convention - Request for interpretation

 
Annex  : 

Decision to refer in original language (English)

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