Alistair Mackenzie

2 Temple Gardens

Alistair Mackenzie’s practice covers a range of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on cross-border disputes, product liability, insurance and property damage across a number of industry sectors. He acts for claimants, defendants and insurers and is regularly instructed on high-profile and complex cases, and has appeared in the Supreme Court on multiple occasions. Recent cases include a claim brought in the UK by a French public body against a major insurer, claims against manufacturers of medical prosthetics and insurance disputes on behalf of a major multinational.

Alistair is recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners in both Product Liability and Travel litigation, and he is described as “absolutely fantastic – he is phenomenally bright and has a lovely manner in court”.

Practice Area

Dispute Resolution

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2013

Membership

ComBar

Qualification

Call to the Bar (2013)

Education

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (2009-2012)
Kaplan Law School (2012-2013)

1 Contributions by Alistair Mackenzie

PRACTICE NOTES

Allocating Intra‑UK Civil Jurisdiction under the CJJA 1982: Scope, Domicile, Special/Exclusive Jurisdiction, Agreements, Consumer/Employment, Forum Non Conveniens, and Interaction with Brussels I (recast) Post‑Brexit

Allocation of jurisdiction within the UK under the CJJA 1982 This Practice Note explores how jurisdiction is apportioned across the UK under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982). It examines the scope of that regime and the conditions that must be satisfied for it to apply, and considers its interaction with Regulation 1215/2012, Brussels I (recast) (the Regulation). It sets out the primary rule together with the departures from it, and, lastly, addresses forum non conveniens in this setting. The CJJA’s intra-UK jurisdiction framework is designed to furnish rules allocating jurisdiction inside the UK itself. Distinct rules and factors arise when assessing whether UK courts possess jurisdiction over a claim that contains an international dimension. The UK comprises four countries, yet there are only three legal jurisdictions, and CJJA 1982, s 50, describes each as ‘parts of the UK’. England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Practitioners in England engaged in cross-border disputes must be cognisant of a range of regimes used to decide whether the courts may, or should, entertain proceedings against a defendant. Where a claim has an international element, different rules and considerations determine whether the UK courts will hear it...

Dispute Resolution

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