Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated
Decision date: 3 July 2015
Neutral citation: Neutral citation not available
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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This appeal concerns whether proceedings arising from a fatal motor accident on an excursion booked through the Four Seasons Cairo could be served on the Canadian Four Seasons group and whether the English courts had jurisdiction, in particular whether the contract was made in England or governed by English law and whether relevant "damage" was sustained in England. The court dismissed the appeal on the contract claim. It held that the dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 involved damage sustained in England, but that, except for that dependency claim, the other tort claims (including the claim for loss to Sir Ian’s estate and the claimant’s other personal/tort claims) did not involve damage sustained in England.
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