Proceedings brought by Schneider – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in conflict of laws, EC law, guardianship, jurisdiction, law reports, sale of land by sally

Proceedings brought by Schneider (Case C-386/12); [2013] WLR (D) 366

“Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and, in particular article 22(1) thereof in relation to jurisdiction in proceedings concerning rights in rem in immoveable property, did not apply to non-contentious proceedings by which a national of a member state who had been declared to be lacking full capacity and placed under guardianship in that member state had applied to a court in another member state for authorisation to sell his share of a property situated in that other member state.”

WLR Daily, 3rd October 2013

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