Question juridique clé
Whether the British default judgment could be recognized and enforced in Switzerland under the Lugano Convention despite service in Beirut.
Solution extraite
No. Recognition and enforcement were barred because the initiating document had not been regularly served in time under the law governing service in Lebanon.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 27 ch. 2 CL, a default judgment is not recognizable if the writ or equivalent document was not duly served. Since the service in Beirut violated Lebanese sovereign rules and was not made through the required diplomatic channel, the condition of regular service failed.