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Recent case-law relating to the Brussels 
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Brussels 
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Art. 2
Art. 21

Court  :  Court of Justice of the European Communities
Date  :  27.04.2004
Number  :  C-159/02
Parties  :  Gregory Paul Turner v Felix Fareed Ismail Grovit, Harada Ltd et Changepoint SA
Notes  : 

Requejo Isidro, Marta: Diario La ley 2004 No 6051 p.1-9
Krause, Jan: Recht der internationalen Wirtschaft 2004 p.533-541
 

Keywords  :  Reference for a Preliminary ruling
 
E-00 Brussels Convention - General considerations - Injunction granted by a court of a Contracting State prohibiting a party from commencing or continuing legal proceedings before a court in another Contracting State - Not permissible - Incompatible with the principle of mutual cooperation underlying the Convention
 
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Summary of the judgment in French and in English (PDF)
Judgment in French and in English (HTML)
Opinion of the Advocate General in French  and in English (HTML)

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