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Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc

[2017] UKSC 80
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Supreme Court considered service out of the jurisdiction under the tort gateway (PD 6B para 3.1(9)); 'damage sustained within the jurisdiction' means direct damage, not consequential damage suffered by a person domiciled in England.

Area of Law

procedure

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