In a decision published on May 22, 2008, following a preliminary ruling from the French supreme court (Cour de Cassation), the CJEC ruled that regulation 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, does not enable an employee to sue in the same court several employers established in different Member States, even if the applications are closely linked. (Ref. 080425)
Facts. The situation with which an employee from a large international group was rather classical. With his first contract of employment signed in 1997 in one of the French companies of the group, he was sent to several African countries. In 1984, he signed a new contract with a British company, but the other contract was never terminated. The second contract expressly used the same advantages as the first. He was sent to Morocco and then dismissed in 2001. Before even wondering about the legal
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