“A long jurisdictional battle has concluded after a second Supreme Court judgment: Brownlie v FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC [2021] UKSC 45, [2021] 3 WLR 1011 (‘Brownlie II‘). Led by Lord Lloyd-Jones, the Supreme Court confirmed the broad approach to the tort gateway adopted obiter by a majority of Justices four years ago: Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc [2017] UKSC 80, [2018] 1 WLR 192 (‘Brownlie I‘). Lord Leggatt, dissenting on the gateway issue, gave the judgment on the question of pleading and proving foreign law. This note focuses on the latter issue. In 2010, Sir Ian and Lady Brownlie and his daughter and grandchildren were staying at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo. On a hotel excursion, there was a car accident, killing Sir Ian and his daughter …” (more)
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William Day, ‘Pleading and Proving Foreign Law’, Cambridge Law Journal, volume 81, issue 1, March 2022, pp 24-27, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197322000113. Published online by Cambridge University Press 30 May.
First posted 2022-06-01 07:45:21
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