Questione giuridica chiave
Whether Swiss law governed the bank-liability claim arising from the joint account
Decisione estratta
The liability claim had to be examined under Swiss law, because the account agreement contained a Swiss choice-of-law clause opposable to the heir, and in any event the harmful act occurred in Switzerland.
Motivazione estratta
The court separated the succession/family questions, governed by French law, from the bank-liability issue. As heir, the appellant could rely on the contractual relationship. The choice-of-law clause applied to him, and alternatively tort connecting factors also pointed to Switzerland.