Skadden secured an important victory for client UCP Plc in a jurisdiction battle in the English High Court. The challenge by Nectrus Limited arose in connection with a claim by UCP for breaches of an agreement containing a nonexclusive jurisdiction clause in favor of the English courts, in circumstances where neither party operates in England and proceedings have been initiated by Nectrus against UCP in the Isle of Man. A High Court judge issued an ex tempore judgment in favor of UCP (UCP Plc v Nectrus Ltd [2018] EWHC 380 (Comm)), applying Article 25 of Brussels I Regulation Recast (No 1215/2012) to conclude that there remained no discretion/residual power for the English court to decline jurisdiction, whether on grounds of forum non conveniens or lis alibi pendens.