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Jurisdiction and service out: English High Court applies CPR PD 6B gateways, finds conspiracy damage in England and England appropriate forum in betting dispute (Eurasia Sports v Tsai)

Published on: 28 September 2016

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Original news Eurasia Sports Ltd v Tsai and others [2016] EWHC 2207 (QB)

The Queen’s Bench Division declined an application by three Peru‑based defendants (the applicant defendants) to set aside the leave previously granted to the claimant, an online betting operator, to serve its claim form out of the jurisdiction. The applicants maintained that the court had no authority to hear the case, which alleged, among other matters, that they and eight further defendants had conspired to cause loss to the claimant. The court concluded that the claimant had made good that jurisdiction existed: it demonstrated a serious issue to be tried in relation to each head of claim, advanced a good arguable case that the claims fell within one of the jurisdictional gateways in paragraph 3.1 of the Civil Procedure Rules Practice Direction (CPR PD), and showed that England was plainly or distinctly the proper forum for the dispute to be determined.

What was the background to the case?

The dispute arises from an online gambling service operated by the claimant through a sportsbook known within the sector as Matchbook. The defendants, at the material time, were all situated in Peru...

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