Phillips v Eyre

Phillips v Eyre
CourtCourt of Exchequer Chamber
Decided23 June 1870
Citation(1870) LR 6 QB 1
Court membership
Judges sittingKelly CB
Martin B
Piggott B
Cleasby B
Willes J
Brett J
Case opinions
Willes J
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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. In time this came to be referred to as the "dual-actionability test" (or "double actionability test").