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[2013] WLR (D) 366
CONFLICT OF LAWS— Jurisdiction under Regulation— Exclusive jurisdiction— Hungarian court placing applicant under Hungarian guardianship — — Bulgarian court refusing applicant’s application for authorization to sell share in property situated in Bulgaria on ground that his interests as adult under guardianship would be adversely affected— — Whether Bulgarian court having exclusive jurisdiction in non-contentious proceedings arising from fact that proceedings having as their object rights in rem in immoveable property within their jurisdiction— — Whether jurisdiction excluded because concerning “the status or legal capacity of natural persons”— — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 , arts 1(2)(a), 22(1)