Key legal question
Whether Swiss courts had jurisdiction under the Lugano Convention for the bank's claim
Extracted holding
Yes. The claim was to be characterized primarily as tort-like under Article 5(3) aLugÜ; the harmful event occurred where the bank suffered the loss.
Extracted reasoning
The bank did not base its claim on a direct contract with the defendant. On the bank's allegations, the defendant allegedly used a forged document to obtain payments, so the dispute was not contractual under Article 5(1) aLugÜ. The courts at the place of the harmful result were therefore competent.