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Emanuel v Symon

[1908] 1 KB 302 (CA) — note correct spelling 'Emanuel' (one 'm'), not 'Emmanuel'
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (England and Wales)
Year1908
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

An English court will recognise a foreign in personam judgment only where the foreign court had international jurisdiction over the defendant on one of a limited set of recognised bases (presence, residence, nationality, submission, or being plaintiff in the foreign action).

Area of Law

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