Article: Jurisdictional puzzle in English and European Union law regarding insolvency and civil & commercial proceedings

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I recently came across this interesting jurisdictional puzzle.

Whether an EU member state’s court has, and should exercise, jurisdiction to hear a dispute regarding a contract dispute involving a sub-issue on whether a bankrupt’s statutory discharge under the UK Insolvency Act 1986 was inapplicable to the contractual debt because it was in respect of fraud or fraudulent purposes. What if another EU Member State’s court has already heard insolvency proceedings regarding that bankrupt?

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