[SCHEDULE 4 Chapter II of the Regulation as Modified: Rules for Allocation of Jurisdiction within UK]
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (1982 c 27) | Legislation

[SCHEDULE 4 Chapter II of the Regulation as Modified: Rules for Allocation of Jurisdiction within UK]

Section 16

[General

1

Subject to the rules of this Schedule, persons domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom shall be sued in the courts of that part.

2

Persons domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom may be sued in the courts of another part of the United Kingdom only by virtue of rules 3 to 13 of this Schedule.

Special jurisdiction

3

A person domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom may, in another part of the United Kingdom, be sued—

(a)     in matters relating to a contract, in the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question;

(b)     . . .

(c)     in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict, in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or may occur;

(d)     as regards a civil claim for damages or restitution which is based on an act giving rise to criminal proceedings, in the court seised of those proceedings, to the extent that that court has jurisdiction under its own law to entertain civil proceedings;

(e)     as regards a

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