Court of Justice 16 October 2008, C-339/07 (Christopher Seagon v Deko Marty Belgium NV.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. Not all debtors have a father like Goriot. Generosity and nobility of spirit are rare in the realm of the market since traders lack the advantages which allowed Delphine and Anastasie, ungrateful and vain daughters, to live and get into debt with such a lack of restraint at the expense of their devoted father,