Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG
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Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC 22 is a judicial decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom relating to the conflict of laws and the assessment of damages following a road traffic accident.[1][2][3][4]
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Court | Supreme Court |
Full case name | Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG |
Decided | 2 April 2014 |
Citations | [2014] 2 All ER 926 [2014] 1 AC 1379 [2014] RTR 20 [2014] 2 WLR 948 [2014] WLR(D) 150 [2014] 1 CLC 430 [2014] UKSC 22 |
Transcript | BAILI |
Case history | |
Appealed from | [2012] EWCA Civ 1001 (Court of Appeal) [2011] EWHC 2806 (QB) (High Court) |
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Judges sitting | Lord Neuberger Lord Mance Lord Sumption Lord Toulson Lord Hodge |
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The primary issue for adjudication was to what extent rules relating to the calculation of damages were substantive (and so fell to be determined by German law, as the law of the place where the tort occurred) or procedural (and so fell to be determined by English law, as the law of the forum where the case was being determined).