Phillips v Eyre

Phillips v Eyre
Phillips v Eyre
Court	Court of Exchequer Chamber
Decided	23 June 1870
Citation	(1870) LR 6 QB 1
Court membership
Judges sitting	Kelly CB; Martin B; Piggott B; Cleasby B; Willes J; Brett J
Case opinions
	Willes J
Keywords
	Conflict of laws; double actionability; choice of law in tort;

Phillips v Eyre (1870) LR 6 QB 1 is an English decision on the conflict of laws in tort. The Court developed a two limbed test for determining whether a tort occurring outside of the court's jurisdiction can be actionable.^[1] In time this came to be referred to as the "dual-actionability test" (or "double actionability test").

^ Handford, Peter. "Edward John Eyre and the Conflict of Laws" (PDF). Melbourne University Law Review. [2008]: 822–860. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[Hanford-1] Handford, Peter. "Edward John Eyre and the Conflict of Laws" (PDF). Melbourne University Law Review. [2008]: 822–860. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

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