Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1999] All ER (D) 1058
Court: Court of Justice of the European Communities
Judge:

Judges Rodriguez Iglesias (President), Kapteyn, Puissochet, Hirsch and Jann (Presidents of Chambers), Moitinho de Almeida (Rapporteur), Gulmann, Murray, Edward, Ragnehalm, Sevón, Wathelet and Schintgen

Judgment Dates: 5 October 1999

Catchwords

European Community - Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Civil and commercial matters - Action founded on separate obligations arising from same contract - Obligations of equal rank to be performed in different states - Whether national court having jurisdiction to hear whole action where only one obligation to be performed within its jurisdiction - Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968, arts 2, 5(1).

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