Happy Flights v Ryanair. Belgian Supreme Court (only) confirms proper lex causae for validity of choice of court under Article 25 Brussels Ia (GAVC Law)

Author: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publication date: 11/03/2019 Thank you alumna and appreciated co-author Jutta Gangsted for flagging Charles Price’s (former learned colleague of mine at Dibb Lupton Alsop) and Sébastien Popijn’s alert on the Belgian Supreme Court’s ruling of 8 February last in C.18.0354.N Happy Flights v Ryanair. Happy Flights are a Belgium-based online claim agency to which disgruntled passengers…

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DES v Clarins. The law applicable to ending commercial agency (GAVC Law)

Author: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publication date: January 2019 DES v Clarins. The law applicable to ending commercial agency: Granarolo (and Rome I’s /Rome Convention’s overriding /mandatory law rules) applied by Paris Court of Appeal./ In RG 16/05579 DES v Clarins (I have a copy on file for those finding it difficult to get access)…

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Forget what you have read. Szpunar AG does not restrict EU ‘Right to be forgotten’ / data protection laws to European territory (GAVC Law)

Author: GAVC Law Publication date: 15/01/2019 I have previously reported extensively on various national and European developments re the right to have search results delisted, more popularly referred to as the ‘right to be forgotten’ (‘RTBF’ – a product of the CJEU in Google Spain) and its territorial limits. (Search string ‘Google’ or ‘rtbf’ ought to…

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Gedwongen overdracht van aandelen : welke rechtbank is bevoegd in een grensoverschrijdende context? (LegalNews.be)

Auteur: LegalNews.be Publicatiedatum: 08/03/2018 Een Tsjechische NV gaat over tot overdracht van alle effecten die een deelnemingsrecht vertegenwoordigen (aandelen en certificaten) aan de meerderheidsaandeelhouder, een Duitse holding. De basis van de discussie: de Tsjechische wetgeving inzake gedwongen overdracht. Het Tsjechisch vennootschapsrecht bepaalt: 1.  dat de houder van effecten die een deelnemingsrecht in een vennootschap vertegenwoordigen…

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Wathelet AG in Dědouch : Interpretation of the exlusive jurisdictional rule for corporate issues in the case of squeeze-out (GAVC Law)

Auteur: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publicatiedatum: 24/11/2017 In C-560/16 Dědouch, Wathelet AG Opined last week, on the scope of the exclusive jurisdictional rule of (now) Article 24(2) of Regulation 1215/2012. The issue arose in proceedings between Michael Dědouch et al, a group of minority shareholders on the one hand, and Jihočeská plynárenská a.s. (established in the Czech Republic)…

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