Questione giuridica chiave
Whether Zurich had jurisdiction under Art. 5(1) Lugano Convention for the declaratory claim and related monetary claims
Decisione estratta
No jurisdiction in Zurich was shown because the appellant failed to identify a specific disputed contractual obligation whose place of performance lay there.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 5(1) LugÜ, jurisdiction follows the place of performance of the disputed primary obligation on which the claim is based. The appellant relied on the franchise relationship as a whole and various factual links to Zurich, but did not tie the request to a concrete obligation performable there. The court also rejected extending jurisdiction to any chosen main performance and noted the disputed payment obligation would in any event be performable in London.