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Gray v Hurley [2019] EWHC 1636 (QB)

Date:9 JUL 2019

Amarjit Atwal

Technical Editor

(Queen's Bench Division, Lavender J, 25 June 2019)

Jurisdiction – Breakdown of relationship – Article 1(2)(a) Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Whether courts of England and Wales had jurisdiction

The Queen’s Bench Division found that the claimant was entitled to serve her claim out of the jurisdiction.

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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWHC 1636 (QB)

Case No: QB-2019-001070

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 25 June 2019

Before:

MR JUSTICE LAVENDER

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Between:

Mandy C Gray
Claimant

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Hamish George Hurley
Defendant

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Jonathan Cohen QC and Marc Delehanty (instructed by Grosvenor Law) for the Claimant
James Bailey QC and Cara Goldthorpe (instructed by Withers LLP) for the Defendant

Hearing date: 11 June 2019

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JUDGMENT

Judgment: Gray v Hurley [2019] EWHC 1636 (QB)