CJEU rules on choice of court clauses and third parties (Refcomp v Axa Corporate Solutions)

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• Practical implications
• Court details
• Facts
• Judgment

Article summary

The CJEU has approved Advocate Nilo Jaakinen’s opinion that a jurisdiction clause within a sales contract concluded between a manufacturer and a purchaser, where the contract then formed a chain of contracts signed by parties in different Member States, could not be relied upon against a sub buyer of the goods or their insurers in a subrogated claim.