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Qatar Airways Group QCSC v Middle East News FZ LLC

[2020] EWHC 2975 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Media and Communications List)
Year2020
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

On a jurisdiction challenge in a worldwide malicious falsehood claim, England may be the appropriate forum where it is a neutral, internationally respected venue, and a claimant need not plead and prove the content of foreign law at the jurisdictional stage to establish a serious issue to be tried on the merits.

Area of Law

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