Private International Law Academic Year 2018/2019 Pietro Franzina – pietro.franzina@unife.it

Jurisdiction Jurisdiction over matters relating to a tort: Article 7(2) “tort” defined: a residual notion the doctrine of “ubiquity”: clarifications and applications place of the “event” means both the place where the damage occurred and the place of the event giving rise to it: Mines de Potasse d’Alsace the place where the consequences of the event have been suffered has no role to play: Marinari defamation, and the “mosaic theory”: Fiona Shevill on-line defamation: e-Date the infringement of personal data rights: Article 79 of the GDPR Jurisdiction over disputes arising from the operation of a branch: Article 7(5) a “quasi general” ground of jurisdiction “branch” defined the disputes covered