eDate Advertising GmbH v X: ECJ 25 Oct 2011

ECJ (Grand Chamber) Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Jurisdiction ‘in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’ – Directive 2000/31/EC – Publication of information on the internet – Adverse effect on personality rights – Place where the harmful event occurred or may occur – Law applicable to information society services

Judges:

President V Skouris

Citations:

[2011] EUECJ C-161/10, C-509/09, C-161/10, [2011] WLR (D) 330, [2012] ILPr 8, [2012] EMLR 12

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Statutes:

Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, Directive 2000/31/EC

Jurisdiction:

European

Citing:

See AlsoEdate Advertising v X ECJ 29-Mar-2011
ECJ Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 – Jurisdiction ‘in tort or quasi-delict’ – Violation of personal rights that may have been committed by the publication of information . .
See AlsoEdate Advertising v X, Martinez v MGN Ltd ECJ 25-Oct-2011
Grand Chamber – Area Of Freedom, Security And Justice) – Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Jurisdiction ‘in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’ – Directive . .

Cited by:

CitedNT 1 and NT 2 v Google Llc QBD 13-Apr-2018
Right to be Forgotten is not absolute
The two claimants separately had criminal convictions from years before. They objected to the defendant indexing third party web pages which included personal data in the form of information about those convictions, which were now spent. The claims . .
CitedEuroeco Fuels (Poland) Ltd and Others v Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority Sa and Others CA 11-Nov-2019
Appeal from order declining jurisdiction.
Lewison LJ pointed out: ‘So far as the question of irreconcilable judgments is concerned, I wish to reserve my opinion for a case in which it matters. I simply make the following observations. Judgment . .
CitedWright v Granath QBD 16-Jan-2020
Defamation across borders – Jurisdiction
The claimant began an action for defamation in an online publication. The Norwegian resident defendant had begun an action there seeking a declaration negating liability. The Court was now asked by the defendant whether under Lugano, the UK action . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Information, Jurisdiction, Human Rights

Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.451140