In the context of a dispute concerning a consumer contract, European legislation precludes the national court from verifying ex officio whether the rules on jurisdiction have been infringed, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a judgment delivered on Wednesday 4 September (Case C-347/18).
In 2015, an Italian lawyer based in Milan obtained an injunction from the Milan General Court to pay sums due for professional services against an Italian citizen residing in Hamburg...