Module 13 - Choice of law in contract
Topics
- Rome 1 Regulation
- Temporal application
- Interpretation
- Application – Subject matter
- Exclusions
- Applicable law where exclusions apply
- Application – Non-contracting states
- Application within the United Kingdom
- Renvoi
- Party autonomy
- Express choice
- What is meant by “law” in this context?
- Implied choice (“demonstrated with reasonable certainty”)
- Dépeçage (“whole or a part only”)
- Change of governing law
- Law governing consent
- Mandatory rules of another law
- Anti-avoidance – Mandatory rules of sole country connected with situation
- Anti-avoidance – Mandatory rules of forum
- Anti-avoidance – Public policy of forum
- Anti-avoidance – Mandatory rules of European law
- Anti-avoidance – Mandatory rules of place of performance
- Governing law in the absence of choice
- Comparison between Art 4 of Regulation and Convention
- Carriage of Goods
- Carriage of Passengers
- Assignment of contractual rights
- Scope of Applicable Law
- Material Validity
- Formal Validity
Cases
- Aeolian Shipping SA -v- ISS Machinery Services Limited [2001] EWCA CIV 1162 CA
- Bank of Baroda v Vysya Bank Limited [1994] 2 Lloyds Law Rep. 87
- Base Metal Trading Limited v Shamurin [2004] EWCA Civ 1316
- Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Shamil Bank of Bahrain E.C. [2004] 1 WLR 1784 CA
- Brandsma q.q. curator faillissement Bechem Chemie BV v Hansa Chemie AG Hoge Raad, May 16 1997
- Case C-133/08 Intercontainer Interfrigo SC (ICF) v Balkenende Oosthuizen BV [2010] Q.B. 411 ECJ
- Compagnie d’Armement Maritime v Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation SA [1970] 3 All ER 71, 84
- Compagnie Tunisiene de Navigation SA v Compagnie d’Armement Maritime [1971] AC 572 HL
- Egon Oldendorff v Libera Corporation [1996] I Lloyd’s Rep 380
- Foster v. Driscoll [1929] 1 KB 470
- Halpern v Halpern [2007] EWCA Civ 291; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 56 CA
- Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465
- Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 HL
- Hillside (New Media) Ltd v Baasland [2010] EWHC 3336 (Comm); [2010] 2 C.L.C. 986
- Land Rover Exports Ltd v Samcrete Egypt Engineers and Contractors SAE [2001] EWCA Civ 2019; [2002] CLC 533
- Raffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG v Five Star General Trading LLC [2000] Lloyds Rep 284
- Ralli Bros v Compania Naviera Sota y Azna [1920] 2 KB 287 CA
- Re Bonacina [1912] 2 Ch 394
- Regazzoni v Sethi [1957] 3 All ER 286
- The Hollandia [1983] 1 AC 565 HL
