"Dieselgate" before the European Court of Justice (Michael McParland QC writes for Practical Law's Dispute Resolution Blog)

In Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI) v Volkswagen AG, the European Court of Justice determined whether the special jurisdiction provisions of article 7(2) of the Brussels I (Recast) Regulation (1215/2012) should be interpreted in a way which permitted Austrian courts to exercise jurisdiction over Volkswagen, the German-domiciled car manufacturer, in respect of claims for compensation arising out of the purchase in Austria of VW cars which had been equipped in Germany with a software "defeat device" to manipulate emissions figures, contrary to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.

To read Michael's full blog post see Practical Law's website here.