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Court of Justice—Rome I and determination of law applicable to third party rights (BGL BNP Paribas SA v TeamBank AG Nürnberg)

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Published on: 16 October 2019

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Dispute Resolution analysis: This Court of Justice judgment considered whether Regulation (EC) 593/2008, Rome I made provision for dealing with third party rights following voluntary assignment. The Court of Justice decided that no such provision was made in the Regulation, and that the apparent lacuna was deliberate. Written by Iain G Mitchell QC (Scotland), barrister, at Tanfield Chambers.

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