Questão jurídica principal
Whether Swiss authorities had jurisdiction to open the testament and issue a new heir certificate
Decisão extraída
No. The conditions of Art. 88 LDIP were not met, and necessity jurisdiction under Art. 3 LDIP was also unavailable.
Fundamentação extraída
Foreign authorities were not shown to be inactive regarding Swiss assets; Lebanese law appeared to follow universal succession, and the testament had already been opened in Lebanon.