Index card VA v TP

VA v TP

Hearings

European Union

07 Apr 2022 (Case C-645/20); EU:C:2022:267; [2023] 4 WLR 39; [2022] WLR(D) 164, ECJ (President of Chamber E Regan, Judges I Jarukaitis, M Ilešič, D Gratsias, Z Csehi, Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona)

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation — Subsidiary jurisdiction in matters of succession — United Kingdom not bound by Regulation — Deceased national of and having assets in France — Deceased habitually resident in United Kingdom at time of death — Claimants bringing proceedings in France to appoint administrator of whole of deceased’s estate under rule of general jurisdiction — Court finding French courts not having jurisdiction on ground of habitual residence — Whether court of member state obliged to examine of its own motion criteria in relation to its subsidiary jurisdiction — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 650/2012, arts 4, 10(1)(a)

(Case C-645/20); EU:C:2022:267; [2023] 4 WLR 39; [2022] WLR(D) 164, ECJ

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