Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Special jurisdiction in matters of tort, delict and quasi-delict – Cross-border participation by several persons in the same unlawful act – Possibility of establishing territorial jurisdiction according to the place where the act was committed by one of the perpetrators of the damage other than the defendant (‘wechselseitige Handlungsortzurechnung
Judges:
A Tizzano, President of the Chamber, a Borg Barthet, J-J Kasel, M Safjan (Rapporteur) and M Berger, Judges
Citations:
[2013] EUECJ C-228/11, [2013] ILPr 30, [2013] WLR(D) 196, [2013] 3 WLR 883, [2013] 1 QB 1112, [2013] CEC 1023, ECLI:EU:C:2013:305, [2013] QB 1112
Links:
Jurisdiction:
European
Citing:
Opinion – Melzer v MF Global UK ECJ 29-Nov-2012
ECJ Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters – Interpretation of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 – Special jurisdiction in tort or delict – Cross-border participation of several people in the same . .
Cited by:
Cited – Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v Lungowe and Others SC 10-Apr-2019
The claimants alleged negligence causing them personal injury and other losses arising from pollution from mining operations of the defendants in Zambia. The company denied jurisdiction. In the Court of Appeal the defendants’ appeals were dismissed. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Jurisdiction
Updated: 30 January 2022; Ref: scu.671689
