Cases

High Tech International AG & Others v Deripaska

Comment

Since Owusu v Jackson [2005] QB 801 a person domiciled in the UK can be sued here irrespective of whether the claim in question has any legal or factual connection with this jurisdiction. A finding of domicile can therefore have very wide-ranging consequences. Eady J held that Mr Deripaska was "very much a modern phenomenon", "truly an international businessman". He therefore derived little assistance from previous cases in which property owernship in the UK had led to findings of UK residence. The judgment is a welcome reassurance to others who use London for business purposes, and own property here for that reason, that the Court will take a robust approach to allegations of resulting residence.

Areas of work

Defamation
Foreign Jurisdictions
Media Law

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