The Weekly Law Reports
[1994] 3 WLR 801
[COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES]
WEBB
v.
WEBB
(Case C-294/92)
1993 Nov. 16;
1994 Feb. 8;
May 17
1994 Feb. 8;
May 17
President O. Due Presidents of Chambers J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, M. Diez de Velasco and D.A.O. Edward Judges C. N. Kakouris, R. Joliet, G.C. Rodriguez Iglesias, M. Zuleeg and P. J. G. Kapteyn Advocate General M. Darmon
Conflict of Laws
— Jurisdiction
— Immovable property
— Purchase of property in France with funds provided by plaintiff
— Legal title conveyed to defendant
— Use of property as holiday home by both parties
— Claim that property held in trust for plaintiff
— Whether jurisdiction of English court ousted by European Convention
— Whether action in rem
—
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), Sch. 1, art. 16(1) (as amended by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990 No. 2591))