The Weekly Law Reports
[2000] 3 WLR 1625
[COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES]
UNIVERSAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO. (UGIC)
v.
GROUP JOSI REINSURANCE CO. S.A.
(Case C-412/98)
2000 Feb. 10;
March 9;
July 13
March 9;
July 13
President of Chamber J. C. Moitinho de Almeida Judges R. Schintgen, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch and F. Macken Advocate General N. Fennelly
Conflict of Laws
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Claimant domiciled in non-member country
— Action against defendant domiciled in member country
— Whether Convention jurisdiction rules inapplicable by reason of claimant's domicile
—
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 (as amended), Title II
Conflict of Laws
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Insurance
— Special Convention rules for “matters relating to insurance”
— Whether applying to reinsurance
—
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 (as amended), Title II, section 3