“… with approval as relevant the three factors identified at paras. 74-79 of the Opinion of Advocate General Lenz in Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco (No 2) Case C-129/92 [1994] QB 509. These were (1) the extent of relatedness and the risk of mutually irreconcilable decisions; (2) the stage reached in each set of proceedings and (3) the proxi…”
“…1982 amendment) and under the Brussels regime (for which he cited [20] to [23] of the opinion of Advocate General Lenz in Case C-129/92 Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco [1994] QB 509), none of which permits enforcement of such a judgment. That may be so, although as I have already explained, the position at common law has never been decided…”
“……In Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco (Case C-129/92) [1994] QB 509, paras 74-79, Advocate-General Lenz identified a number of factors which he thought relevant to the exercise of discretion. They can I think briefly be summari…”
“…76 of the Opinion of Advocate General Lenz in Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco (Case C129/92) [1994] QB 509, which addressed article 22 of the Brussels Convention which was in substantially the sameterms as article 30 of the Judgments Regulation:…”