Distribution Agreements · glossary

Exclusive jurisdiction clause

A clause giving one country’s courts the sole right to hear a dispute. Clause 30.1 gives it to the English courts and binds both sides. That keeps an English judgment on the surest route to Ireland, the 2005 Hague Convention. Agreement, clause 30.1 · Chapter 9 · see Process agent

Explained in Chapter 9, Confidentiality, Data Protection, Assignment and Governing Law, of Distribution Agreements.

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An exclusive jurisdiction clause gives one country’s courts the sole right to hear a dispute. This clause gives that right to the English courts, and it binds both sides.
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