# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Article 19

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where a court of a Contracting State is seised of a claim which is principally concerned with a matter over which the courts of another Contracting State have exclusive jurisdiction by virtue of Article 16, it shall declare of its own motion that it has no jurisdiction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3C/part/TITLE/II/chapter/Section/7/crossheading/article-19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3C/part-TITLE/II/chapter-Section/7/crossheading-article-19
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