A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE OF APPROACH NEEDED ON APPLICATIONS IN RELATION TO JURISDICTION: TOO MANY DOCUMENTS, TOO MUCH TIME

In his judgment in His Royal Highnss Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi -v- Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2017] EWHC 89 (TCC) Mr Justice Fraser observed that applications in relation to jurisdiction needed a different approach from practitioners. "This case is an ideal example of one wit...