Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 290 (Jun)
Court: Court of Justice of the European Communities (Third Chamber)
Judge:

Judges Rosas (President of the Chamber), Klucka, Lohmus, Lindh and Arabadjiev (Rapporteur)
Judgment Dates: 29 June 2009

Catchwords

European Community - Jurisdiction - Civil and commercial matters - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Service of extrajudicial documents in absence of legal proceedings - Notarial act - Whether service of extrajudicial documents in absence of legal proceedings falling within relevant Regulation - Council Regulation (EC) 1348/2000, art 16.

The Case

European Community Jurisdiction. The Court of Justice of the European Communities gave a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of art16 of Council Regulation (EC) 1348-2000 (on the service in the member states of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters), in the course of proceedings relating to the refusal of a court clerk to serve, in the absence of legal proceedings, addressees established in the United Kingdom or Ireland with a notarial act.

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