Conflict of laws

09 January 2015

Issue: 7635 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

Toyota Tsusho Sugar Trading Ltd v Prolat SRL [2014] EWHC 3649 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 105 (Nov)

The Commercial Court granted the claimant, Toyota Tsusho Sugar Trading Ltd, a declaration that an English arbitration tribunal had substantive jurisdiction over any dispute between Toyota and the defendant, arising out of or in connection with a contract for the sale of sugar by Toyota to the defendant.

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Conflict of laws

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University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman

Switalskis—Sally Christey, Mathew Abiagom & Cyman Kaur