[15D Further provision as to jurisdiction]
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (1982 c 27) | Legislation

[15D  Further provision as to jurisdiction]

[(1)     Agreements or provisions of a trust instrument conferring jurisdiction shall have no legal force if they are contrary to the provisions of section 15B(6) or 15C(6).

(2)     Even if it would not otherwise have jurisdiction under section 15B or 15C, a court of a part of the United Kingdom before which a defendant enters an appearance has jurisdiction in those proceedings.

(3)     Subsection (2) does not apply where —

(a)     appearance was entered to contest the jurisdiction, or

(b)

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