Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and another: Case C-548/12; [2014] WLR (D) 130
‘Civil liability claims, such as those at issue in the instant case, which were made in tort under national law, had to none the less be considered as concerning “matters relating to a contract” within the meaning of article 5(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, where the conduct complained of could be considered a breach of the terms of the contract, which could be established by taking into account the purpose of the contract.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2014
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