Decision no 1512/2017 of the Multi-Member Court of Athens re. a distributor/supplier’s dispute for claims exceeding € 1.000.000 deriving from a terminated distributorship agreement – Lack of jurisdiction of the Greek Courts

A former exclusive distributor claimed compensation of 1.000.000€ for abusive and untimely termination of the distributorship agreement by the supplier.
The supplier claimed that the Greek Courts were not competent due to a valid jurisdiction clause that was agreed between the parties, according to which, for all disputes deriving from the agreement the UK Courts were agreed as exclusively competent.
The Court rejected former distributor’s lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction.
Nikos Grigoriadis argued for the supplier.