Judgment of the Court; 17 May 1994; George Lawrence Webb v Lawrence Desmond Webb; United Kingdom; in Case C-294/92

An action for a declaration that a person holds immovable property as trustee and for an order requiring that person to execute such documents as should be required to vest the legal ownership in the plaintiff does not constitute an action in rem within the meaning of Article 16(1) of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters.