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PART IVMiscellaneous Provisions

Provisions relating to jurisdiction

30Proceedings in England and Wales or Northern Ireland for torts to immovable property

(1)The jurisdiction of any court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland to entertain proceedings for trespass to, or any other tort affecting, immovable property shall extend to cases in which the property in question is situated outside that part of the United Kingdom unless the proceedings are principally concerned with a question of the title to, or the right to possession of, that property.

(2)Subsection (1) has effect subject to the 1968 Convention and to the provisions set out in Schedule 4.