Jakob Handte & Co. GmbH v Traitements Mécano-chimiques des Surfaces SA (C-26/91)

Judgment of 17 Jun 1992

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14The rules on special and exclusive jurisdiction and those relating to prorogation of jurisdiction thus derogate from the general principle, set out in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the Convention, that the courts of the Contracting State in which the defendant is domiciled are to have jurisdiction. That jurisdictional rule is a general principle because it makes it easier, in principle, for a defendant to defend himself. Consequently, the jurisdictional rules which derogate from that general principle must not lead to an interpretation going beyond the situations envisaged by the Convention.

Jakob Handte & Co. GmbH v Traitements Mécano-chimiques des Surfaces SA (C-26/91)

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