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INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 
PROTOCOL 2 ANNEXED TO THE 
LUGANO CONVENTION
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Recent case-law relating to the Brussels 
and Lugano Conventions on Jurisdiction 
and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil 
and Commercial matters
Lugano 
Convention

Art. 2
Art. 52
Court  :  Oberster Gerichtshof
Date  :  02.03.2000
Number  :  9 Ob 22/00a
Publication  :  Juristische Blätter 2000 p. 603-605
Note  :  Gross, Norbert: Juristenzeitung 2000 p. 1068
Keywords  : 
 
E-00 Lugano Convention - General - International nature of the Convention - Claim before a court of a Contracting State by a party domiciled in the territory of that State against a party domiciled in the same territory - Inapplicability of the jurisdiction rules of the Convention
 
 
E-52 Lugano Convention - Provisions on domicile - Natural persons - Law applicable for determining whether a party has a domicile in the Contracting State of the court seised - Domestic law of that State - Examination resulting in a positive result - Existence of a domicile in another Contracting State - Priority of the domicile in the State of the court seised
 
Summary  : 
The jurisdiction rules of the Lugano Convention do not apply to a claim brought before the courts of a Contracting State where the two parties have their domicile in the territory of that State.
Where, under Article 52 of the Convention, a party has a domicile in the Contracting State of the court seised and also has a domicile in another Contracting State, the first has priority.
Annex  :  Judgment in original language (German)

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