Subjects:

Practice & Procedure, Commercial Law, Conflict of Laws

A guide to the law on civil jurisdiction and the enforcement of foreign judgments.

The new edition has been updated to include:

• Major decisions of the European Court on the relative priority of jurisdiction agreements; anti-suit injunctions; and forum non conveniens
• Predicts what will follow from these and other decisions
• Commentary on the large amount of new case law, paying particular attention to the Human Rights Act
• Provides information on the European Enforcement Orders, which will come into force late in 2005 and which will make major changes to the enforcement of judgements within the member states of the EU

• An updated and accurate account of the law surrounding civil jurisdiction and judgments
• Demonstrates objectively the law on jurisdiction as a whole and not as individual rules
• Provides a highly useful and practical section on how to draft jurisdiction clauses

• Simplify the law of civil jurisdiction and the enforcement of foreign judgments
• Analyse the law and demonstrate how it can be exploited
• Look at the law objectively and explore lines of arguments that have not been developed or accepted and to provide criticism where appropriate
• Predict the answer to some questions which have not yet arisen for decision