[2006] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 110
Stephen Kenny acted (ultimately unsuccessfully) for claimants seeking to sustain English jurisdiction in relation to a claim of non-liability by a French road transport operator.
Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Carriage of goods by road – Consignment of mobile phones stolen en route from Paris to Calais for subsequent export – Application by carrier and liability insurers for declaration that dispute governed by jurisdictional rules in CMR Convention, article 31 – Whether contract one for international carriage of goods by road – Whether English court first seised of proceedings