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Originally Posted by Ak Mike
It is emphatically not true that a court has jurisdiction only over citizens of its country or companies registered there. "Personal jurisdiction" is a concept completely different from citizenship or registration, and much broader.
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I was amazed when watching BBC Parliament to hear the case of a constituent of Ann Widdecombe.
He was a business man who'd had (perfectly legal) dealings in Iran in the 1970's.
Recently he sold his house in the UK, and wanted to transfer the money from one UK bank to another. Unfortunately for him, the route the money transfer took was via a US bank. The bank seized the money because his business in Iran had transgressed some US legislation.
He had no control over how his money was transferred; he'd done nothing illegal in UK law - yet Ann Widdicombe was having to plead with the UK government to make representations to the US to reconsider the seizure of his assets.
Scary
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