Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 December 2021

BT v Seguros Catalana Occidente and EB

Request for a preliminary ruling from the County Court at Birkenhead

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Cooperation in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement in civil and commercial matters – Jurisdiction in insurance matters – Claim for compensation for damage suffered by an individual domiciled in a Member State following an accident in rented accommodation in another Member State – Action brought by the injured person against, first, the insurer and, secondly, against the insured owner of that accommodation – Applicability of Article 13(3) of that regulation

Case C-708/20


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
28/01/2022 BT (Mise en cause de la personne assurée)
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:986		 09/12/2021 BT (Mise en cause de la personne assurée)
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
12/03/2021 BT (Mise en cause de la personne assurée)
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
30/12/2020 BT (Mise en cause de la personne assurée)
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 30/12/2020

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

09/12/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

BT (Mise en cause de la personne assurée)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Règlement « Bruxelles I bis » - Compétence en matière d’assurance, Europe 2022, nº 2 Février, comm. 68 (FR)
  2. Benoistel, Amélie: Le domaine des fors protecteurs en matière d'assurances en cas d'action de la personne lésée contre l'assureur et contre l'assuré, Revue critique de droit international privé 2022, nº 4, p. 802-807 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

County Court at Birkenhead - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

Ćapeta

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available