Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments

Adrian Briggs QC is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, Temple

• PART A THE LAW AND THIS BOOKCHAPTER 1 GeneralCHAPTER 2 Brexit and its effect on the lawPART B JURISDICTION ACCORDING TO THE LUGANO/BRUSSELS RULESCHAPTER 3 The Lugano Convention and its interpretationCHAPTER 4 The jurisdictional structure of the Lugano ConventionCHAPTER 5 Material and other scope of the Lugano ConventionCHAPTER 6 Jurisdiction under another convention or instrumentCHAPTER 7 Exclusive jurisdiction, regardless of domicileCHAPTER 8 Jurisdiction by Entering an AppearanceCHAPTER 9 Jurisdiction in Matters Relating to InsuranceCHAPTER 10 Jurisdiction in matters relating to consumer contractsCHAPTER 11 Jurisdiction in relation to individual contracts of employmentCHAPTER 12 Jurisdiction Agreements for a court in a Lugano stateCHAPTER 13 General jurisdiction over defendant domiciled in the United KingdomCHAPTER 14 Special jurisdiction over defendant domiciled in another Lugano State (1)CHAPTER 15 Special jurisdiction: over defendant domiciled in another Lugano State (2)CHAPTER 16 Residual jurisdiction over defendant with no Lugano State domicile: Article 4CHAPTER 17 The court’s duty to examine its own jurisdictionCHAPTER 18 Lis pendens in a Lugano StateCHAPTER 19 Jurisdictional connection to a non-Lugano StatePART C JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOMCHAPTER 20 Jurisdiction within the United KingdomPART D COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY JURISDICTIONCHAPTER 21 Common Law Principles of JurisdictionCHAPTER 22 Staying proceedings when the court is forum non conveniensCHAPTER 23 Jurisdiction AgreementsCHAPTER 24 Proceedings commenced by service out of the jurisdictionCHAPTER 25 Jurisdiction under the Hague Convention on Choice of Court AgreementsPART E PROCEDURAL MATTERS RELATING TO JURISDICTIONCHAPTER 26 Service of processCHAPTER 27 Disputing the jurisdiction of the English courtCHAPTER 28 Injunctions to restrain wrongful foreign litigationCHAPTER 29 Damages for loss caused by wrongful litigationCHAPTER 30 Declaratory judgment on merits of disputeCHAPTER 31 Provisional and Interim ReliefPART F FOREIGN JUDGMENTSCHAPTER 32 Schemes for recognition and enforcement of foreign judgmentsCHAPTER 33 Foreign judgments taking effect under the Brussels and Lugano rulesCHAPTER 34 Foreign Judgments and the rules of common lawCHAPTER 35 Foreign judgments registered under 1920 and 1933 ActsCHAPTER 36 Foreign judgments registrable under the 1982 ActAppendicesI The Lugano ConventionII Hague Choice of Court ConventionIII List of rulings of the European Court on the interpretation of the Lugano/Brussels rules