44Nevertheless, as the Court has previously held, the possibility that an applicant could bring a claim against a number of defendants for the sole purpose of ousting the jurisdiction of the courts of the State in which one of the defendants is domiciled will be ruled out where there is a close connection between the claims brought against each of the defendants when the proceedings are instituted, that is to say, where it is expedient to hear and determine them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings (see, to that effect, judgment of 11 October 2007, Freeport, C‑98/06, EU:C:2007:595, paragraphs 52 to 54).
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