KRONHOFER v. MAIER Case C-168/02

[2005] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 284

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

Before C. W. A. Timmermans, President Judge J-P. Puissochet, Judge J. N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), Judge R. Schintgen and Judge N. Colneric

Jurisdiction - Tort - Place where harmful event occurred - Claimant in Austria induced by telephone call from Germany to invest in Germany - Assets held in Austria used for the investment - Claimant suffering loss by alleged misrepresentation - Whether action could be brought in Austria - Brussels Convention 1968, art. 5(3).