Summary Conflict of Laws - CASE LAW (updated) + Oscola references + paragraphs
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Conflict Of Laws
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Tilburg University (UVT)
A summary of all case law needed for the exam, consisting of short descriptions of what is relevant for the exam, together with Oscola references in the footnotes (so you can easily copy-paste during the exam) and the paragraphs from the cases themselves so you don't need to read the cases!
Lecture 6 - Jurisdiction I: Intro & Choice of Court
→ Brussels I-bis Regulation1
- Jurisdiction
- Choice of court
LTU Lufttransportunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG v Eurocontrol
● Interpretation of civil and commercial matters must first be referring to the objective and scheme of the
Convention (Regulation), and only after that to national law2
● A public authority acting in its powers is excluded from application of the Convention (Regulation)3
Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH & Co. KG v Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
● Invalidity issues of intellectual property rights are for the Court with exclusive jurisdiction (Art. 24(4))4
Trasporti Castelletti Spedizioni Internazionali SpA v Hugo Trumpy SpA
● Consent to jurisdiction clause exists where conduct is consistent with usage governing the area of
international trade and commerce (and where the parties are aware)5
● Thirds party court is allowed (no connection needed)6
Powell Duffryn plc v Wolfgang Petereit
● Choice of court clause (or ‘agreement conferring jurisdiction’) between a company and its shareholders is
valid7
Erich Gasser GmbH v MISAT Srl
● lis pendens also mandatory in the case of a choice of court clause8
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Frankfurt Branch
● Exclusive jurisdiction should not be interpreted as meaning that it applies to proceedings in which a
company pleads that a contract cannot be relied upon against it because a decision of its organs which led
to the conclusion of the contract is supposedly invalid on account of infringements of its statutes9
1
Council Regulation 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil
and commercial matters (recast) [2012] OJ L-351/1
2
Case 29-76 LTU Lufttransportunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG v Eurocontrol [1976] ECR 01541, para. 5
3
Case 29-76 LTU Lufttransportunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG v Eurocontrol [1976] ECR 01541, para. 5
4
Case C-4/03 Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH & Co. KG v Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG [2006] ECR I-06509,
para. 31
5
Case C-159/97 Trasporti Castelletti Spedizioni Internazionali SpA v Hugo Trumpy SpA [1999] ECR I-01597, para. 53(1)
6
Case C-159/97 Trasporti Castelletti Spedizioni Internazionali SpA v Hugo Trumpy SpA [1999] ECR I-01597, para. 53(2)
7
Case C-214/89 Powell Duffryn plc v Wolfgang Petereit [19920 ECR I-01745, para. 38(1)
8
Case C-116/02 Erich Gasser GmbH v MISAT Srl [2003] ECR I-14693, para. 54
9
Case C-144/10 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Frankfurt Branch
[2011] ECR I-03961, para. 47
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, Lecture 7 - Jurisdiction II: Weaker Parties, Main Rule, and Alternative Fora
→ Brussels I-bis Regulation10
- Jurisdiction
- Weaker parties
- Main rule
- Alternative fora
Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co. KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller
● A trader’s activity can also be directed towards a Member State via a website, though it still really needs to
be DIRECTED11
Daniela Mühlleitner v Ahmad Yusufi en Wadat Yusufi
● A consumer can sue a company in the consumer’s home court even if the consumer travelled into the
jurisdiction of the company to buy a product12
Lokman Emrek v Vlado Sabranovic
● No causal link needed between the means employed to direct activity towards the Member State of the
consumer and conclusion of contract with consumer (but if there is a link, it can be taken into
consideration by the court)13
Glaxosmithkline and Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard
● Individual contracts of employment do not fall under special rules for jurisdiction14
10
Council Regulation 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in
civil and commercial matters (recast) [2012] OJ L-351/1
11
Joined Cases C-585/08 and C-144/09 Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co. KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v
Oliver Heller [2010] ECR I-12527, para. 95(2)
12
Case C-190/11 Daniela Mühlleitner v Ahmad Yusufi en Wadat Yusufi [2012] ECR (Court Reports - general), para. 45
13
Case C-218/12 Lokman Emrek v Vlado Sabranovic [2013] ECR (Digital Reports - general), para. 42(1)
14
Case C-462/06 Glaxosmithkline and Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard [2008] ECR I-03965, para. 35
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