Key legal question
Whether Geneva courts had jurisdiction under Art. 129(2) PILA for an alleged tort.
Extracted holding
Yes. The alleged acts were sufficiently pleaded as having been committed in Geneva, so the Geneva forum for the place of the act was available.
Extracted reasoning
For jurisdiction, the alleged tortious facts are assessed under Swiss law and, where jurisdiction overlaps with the merits, the double-relevance doctrine applies. The claimant's allegations that Geneva-resident board members concealed the assets, issued bank instructions from Geneva, and closed the Geneva account were enough at this stage.