The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1997] QB 731
[COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES]
MAINSCHIFFAHRTS-GENOSSENSCHAFT e.G. (MSG)
v.
LES GRAVIERES RHENANES S.a.r.l.
(Case C-106/95)
1996 July 4;
Sept. 26;
1997 Feb. 20
Sept. 26;
1997 Feb. 20
President of Chamber J. L. Murray Judges C. N. Kakouris, P. J. G. Kapteyn, G. Hirsch and H. Ragnemalm Advocate General G. Tesauro
Conflict of Laws
— Contract
— Jurisdiction
— Exclusive jurisdiction agreement
— No objection to jurisdictional forum specified in letter of confirmation and invoices
— Whether capable of being agreement in form according with practices in international trade or commerce
— Whether specification of place of performance having no connection with reality of contract affecting jurisdiction
—
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 (as amended) (O.J. 1978 L. 304, p. 77), arts. 5(1), 17