CZECH REPUBLIC AUSTRIA NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION ECJ CASE TEMELIN
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has said European Union (EU) victims whose property is damaged by a foreign EU nuclear power operator should launch legal actions in their domestic courts. Miguel Poiares Maduro has advised the ECJ to rule that the 1968 Brussels Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, effectively allows aggrieved property owners to choose between their home courts and those of a nuclear plant: "Both courts should....claim exclusive jurisdiction", ...
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