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Investec Bank plc v Protopapa

Investec Bank plc v Protopapa [2025] EWHC 3202 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, King's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year2025
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Where a contract contains an English jurisdiction clause coupled with a forum non conveniens waiver, a defendant faces a very high threshold to challenge the English court's jurisdiction, and is contractually estopped from contending that England is not the appropriate forum by the express terms in which it agreed to the English courts being the most convenient forum.

Area of Law

General

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