Opinion ID: 433759
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: British Jurisdictional Base

Text: 57 Some of the British jurisdictional contacts are territorial. The plaintiff did business on routes between the United States and United Kingdom. A number of the purported conspiratorial acts took place in Great Britain. The conspiracy allegedly caused bankruptcy of a corporation operating in Great Britain. 58 However, the primary base of jurisdiction is the British nationality of the parties involved in the transactions cited in Laker's complaint. 44 Laker itself is incorporated under Jersey law, and is thus a British national for purposes of this litigation. Two of the named defendants, British Airways and British Caledonian, are also incorporated under British law. In addition, the conspiracy may also tangentially implicate the activities of other British entities such as the Bank of England and the Civil Aviation Authority. 45 59 Regulating the activities of businesses incorporated within a state is one of the oldest and most established examples of prescriptive jurisdiction. 46 We cannot say that these nationality-based jurisdictional contacts would be insufficient to support British jurisdiction over a claim filed by KLM or Sabena, especially when the conspiracy charged does have territorial contacts with the United Kingdom. Thus, existence of British jurisdiction to prescribe is not seriously challenged by Laker.