Court of Justice 14 May 1996, C-163/95 (Elsbeth Freifrau von Horn v Kevin Cinnamond.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 The issue put to the Court by the House of Lords in this case concerns two sets of proceedings, involving the same cause of action and between the same parties, which are pending before courts in two States (Portugal and the United Kingdom) now party to the Brussels Convention of 1968 (hereafter `the Brussels Convention' or `the