Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-308/17. Greece v Leo Kuhn

Advocate General Bot proposes that the Court of Justice rule that the ‘Brussels Ia’ Regulation is not applicable in determining which Member State’s courts have jurisdiction to rule on claims brought against the Greek State by an individual holding Greek sovereign bonds following their forced exchange in exceptional circumstances and under exceptional conditions.

Such a case is not a ‘civil or commercial’ matter for the purposes of that regulation.