“Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that an actio pauliana is subject to jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract, contained in Article 7(1) Brussels Ia (Case C-722/17 Reitbauer). In general terms, the actio pauliana is a remedy that allows a creditor to have an act declared ineffective, because said act was carried out by a debtor with the purpose of diminishing its assets by passing them on to a third party (see Opinion of AG Bobek, C-337/17 Feniks, [35]). This blogpost will briefly summarise the Court’s ruling and its wider impact …” (more)
[Michiel Poesen, Conflict of Laws .net, 14 July]
First posted 2019-07-15 05:30:08
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