Jurisdiction Training

Taken from the contents of the accompanying manuals.

Conflict of Laws

  1. General Introduction
  2. Glossary
  3. Foreign law in English courts
  4. Sources of conflict of laws rules
  5. Overview of some central conflict of laws topics
  6. Classification (or Characterisation)
  7. The "incidental question"
  8. Renvoi
  9. Substance and procedure
  10. Public Policy
  11. Foreign penal laws and revenue claims

Choice of law in contract

  1. Rome 1 Regulation
  2. Temporal application
  3. Interpretation
  4. Application - Subject matter
  5. Application - Non-contracting states
  6. Application within the United Kingdom
  7. Renvoi
  8. Party autonomy
  9. Express choice
  10. What is meant by "law" in this context?
  11. Implied choice ("demonstrated with reasonable certainty")
  12. Dépeçage ("whole or a part only")
  13. Change of governing law
  14. Law governing question whether parties have validly consented to the chosen law
  15. Mandatory rules of another law
  16. Anti-avoidance - Mandatory rules of sole country connected with situation
  17. Anti-avoidance - Mandatory rules of forum
  18. Anti-avoidance - Public policy of forum
  19. Anti-avoidance - Mandatory rules of European law
  20. Anti-avoidance - Mandatory rules of place of performance
  21. Governing law in the absence of choice
  22. Law of country with which contract most closely connected
  23. Relationship between Articles 4(2) and 4(5)
  24. Carriage of Goods
  25. Scope of Applicable Law
  26. Material Validity
  27. Formal Validity

Choice of Law in Tort

  1. Common law choice of law rule in tort
  2. Statutory choice of law rule in tort
  3. Rome 2 Regulation - Objects
  4. Rome 2 Regulation - Temporal application
  5. Rome 2 Regulation - Application within the United Kingdom
  6. Rome 2 Regulation - Choice of law rules
  7. Rome 2 Regulation - Scope
  8. Rome 2 Regulation - Universal application
  9. Rome 2 Regulation - Renvoi
  10. Rome 2 Regulation - Scope of applicable law
  11. Rome 2 Regulation - Freedom of choice
  12. Rome 2 Regulation - General rule for tort
  13. Rome 2 Regulation - Product liability
  14. Rome 2 Regulation - Competition law
  15. Rome 2 Regulation - Environmental damage
  16. Rome 2 Regulation - Intellectual property right infringement
  17. Rome 2 Regulation - Industrial action
  18. Rome 2 Regulation - Unjust enrichment
  19. Rome 2 Regulation - Negotiorum gestio
  20. Rome 2 Regulation - Culpa in contrahendo
  21. Rome 2 Regulation - Direct action against insurer
  22. Rome 2 Regulation - Subrogation
  23. Rome 2 Regulation - Contribution and indemnity between defendants

Jurisdiction - Outline

  1. Which regime? - Quick check
  2. Council Regulation - Outline
  3. Other Regimes - Outline

Jurisdiction - Council Regulation 44/2001

  1. Interpretation
  2. Scheme of Regulation 44/2001
  3. Application of Regulation - Subject Matter - Art 1
  4. Application of Regulation - Domicile of Defendant - Art 4
  5. Application of Regulation - English Defendant - International Element - Art 4
  6. Application of Regulation - English Defendant - No International Element - Art 4
  7. Application of Regulation - English Defendant? - Domicile Rules - Art 4
  8. Temporal application - Art 66
  9. Other Conventions - Brussels and Lugano
  10. Other Conventions - Art 71
  11. The Arrest Convention of 1952
  12. The Collision Convention of 1952
  13. Arrest founded on Art 31
  14. Public international law
  15. Satisfying the court that it has Council Regulation jurisdiction
  16. Exclusive Jurisdiction - Art 22
  17. Entry of an Appearance - Art 24
  18. Insurance, employment and consumer contracts - Arts 8 - 21
  19. Jurisdiction Agreements - Art 23
  20. Domicile of the Defendant - Art 2
  21. Individuals
  22. Companies etc.
  23. Actions in rem
  24. Special Jurisdiction - Generally - Arts 5 - 7
  25. Special Jurisdiction - Contract - Art 5(1)
  26. General effect
  27. Special Jurisdiction - Tort - Art 5(3)
  28. Special Jurisdiction - Salvage - Art 5(7)
  29. Special Jurisdiction - Other heads - Art 5(2), (4), (5) and (6)
  30. Multiple party actions etc. - Art 6
  31. Limitation actions -Art 7
  32. Lis alibi pendens -Arts 27 - 30
  33. Exclusive jurisdiction - (Art 29)
  34. Same action, same parties - (Art 27)
  35. Date seized for the purposes of Article 27
  36. Related actions - (Art 28)

Jurisdiction - Brussels and Lugano Conventions

  1. Article 5(1) Special Jurisdiction in Contract
  2. Article 6 Multiple defendants
  3. Article 9 Insurers
  4. Articles 18-21 Employment contracts
  5. Article 22 Exclusive Jurisdiction
  6. Article 23 Jurisdiction clauses
  7. Article 27 Lis alibi pendens
  8. Article 30 - When a court is seised?

Jurisdiction - English Jurisdiction Rules

  1. English Approach to Jurisdiction
  2. Service within the jurisdiction
  3. Service outside the jurisdiction
  4. Contract
  5. Good arguable case
  6. Place of contract - Which law determines?
  7. Tort
  8. Procedure and proof
  9. Response by defendant
  10. Non-discretionary grounds for challenging jurisdiction
  11. Forum non conveniens - Outside the Council Regulation/Conventions
  12. Forum non conveniens - Within the Council Regulation/Conventions
  13. Anti-suit Injunctions - Outside the Council Regulation/Conventions
  14. Anti-suit Injunctions - Within the Council Regulation/Conventions
  15. Anti-suit injunctions after Turner v Grovit - Outside Council Regulation
  16. Freezing Orders
  17. Negative Declarations

Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments

  1. At common law
  2. Recognition and Enforcement under the Council Regulation
  3. Types of Judgment
  4. Recognition
  5. Enforcement
  6. Domicile of Parties
  7. Enforcement under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions
  8. Enforcement of judgments given by courts within the United Kingdom
  9. Discretionary enforcement under the Administration of Justice Act 1920
  10. Enforcement as of right under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933
  11. Procedure
  12. Effect of Registration
  13. European Enforcement Orders
  14. Scope of Application
  15. Uncontested Claims
  16. Challenge to enforcement
  17. Enforcement of EEO
  18. Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980

Arbitration

  1. Law governing arbitration agreement
  2. Generally
  3. The Forum Perspective
  4. English Court Perspective
  5. Express choice of law - Agreement not forming part of a contract within the Rome Convention - ad hoc
  6. No express choice - Agreement not forming part of a contract within the Rome Convention - ad hoc
  7. Choice of law - Agreement forming part of a larger contract within the Rome Convention
  8. No choice - Agreement forming part of a larger contract within the Rome Convention
  9. Invalidity according to the lex fori
  10. Law governing arbitration proceedings
  11. Law governing merits
  12. Chosen by parties
  13. No choice by parties
  14. Indirect international enforcement of arbitration awards
  15. Jurisdiction and the New York Convention
  16. Stay to arbitration - outline
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