Jurisdiction and Judgments in Relation to EU Competition Law Claims

Mihail Danov is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Brunel University.

• 1 Introduction 1.1 EU COMPETITION LAW 1.2 ENFORCEMENT OF EU COMPETITION LAW 1.3 EU COMPETITION LAW DISPUTES BEFORE NATIONAL COURTS 1.4 CROSS-BORDER EU COMPETITION LAW DISPUTES 1.5 THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK 1.6 THE RELEVANT PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW SETS OF RULES 1.7 CHARACTERISATION OF EU COMPETITION LAW CLAIMS 2 Jurisdiction with Regard to Contract-Based EU Competition Law Claims 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 JURISDICTION UNDER THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION 2.3 JURISDICTION UNDER ENGLISH TRADITIONAL RULES 2.4 SOME CONCLUSIONS 3 Jurisdiction in Tort-Based EU Competition Law Claims 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 JURISDICTION UNDER THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION 3.3 JURISDICTION UNDER ENGLISH TRADITIONAL RULES 3.4 CONCLUSIONS 4 Avoiding Parallel EU Competition Law Proceedings 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 DECLINING JURISDICTION AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE EU RULES 4.3 DECLINING JURISDICTION AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ENGLISH TRADITIONAL RULES 4.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS 5 The Applicable Law in Competition Law Actions Brought Before English Courts 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 APPLICABLE LAW: ACTIONS FOR NULLITY OF CONTRACTS DISTORTING COMPETITION 5.3 APPLICABLE LAW: TORTIOUS COMPETITION LAW ACTIONS 5.4 APPLICABLE LAW: COMPETITION LAW ACTIONS FOR NULLITY OF A CONTRACT BROUGHT TOGETHER WITH A TORTIOUS CLAIM FOR ANTITRUST DAMAGES 5.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS 6 Foreign Judgments in Relation to EU Competition Law Claims Before English Courts 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 POWERS OF THE ENGLISH COURTS UNDER THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION 6.3 POWERS OF THE ENGLISH COURTS AT COMMON LAW 6.4 CONCLUSION 7 Arbitral Tribunals' Jurisdiction and Awards in Relation to Competition Law Claims 7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 JURISDICTION OF ARBITRATORS IN COMPETITION LAW DISPUTES-SOME PRELIMINARY ISSUES 7.3 ARBITRABILITY OF COMPETITION LAW ISSUES 7.4 THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE SUBSTANCE OF A COMPETITION LAW DISPUTE 7.5 JURISDICTION OF ENGLISH COURTS IN PROCEEDINGS ANCILLARY TO ARBITRATION IN RELATION TO EU COMPETITION LAW CLAIMS 7.6 COHERENT AND UNIFORM APPLICATION OF EU COMPETITION LAW BY ARBITRATORS 7.7 CONCLUSION 8 Conclusion 8.1 CONCLUDING REMARKS 8.2 REFORMING THE BRUSSELS I FRAMEWORK 8.3 ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF AVAILABLE ANTITRUST DAMAGES AND THEIR ASSESSMENT AT EU LEVEL 8.4 IS THERE A NEED FOR A SPECIAL REGULATION DEALING WITH EU COMPETITION LAW CLAIMS?

Danov draws upon an impressive range of academic, policy and practitioner sources. There is no other book-length treatment of the nexus between competition law and private international law, and practitioners, academics and advanced students from a number of different substantive fields should take something from it. Kathryn Wright European Law Review Volume 37 The book provides an excellent critical analysis of the important challenges to which judges, practitioners, and business decision-makers are confronted with regard to concurrent proceedings in EU competition law and the attempt to solve them through the application of private international law principles. Dr Danov's remarkable study offers a lot of food for thought and an excellent background reading for those interested in deepening the analysis further. Ioannis Lianos World Competition Law and Economics Review 34(3) Danov has succeeded in writing a book that is both intellectually thorough enough to be able to play a significant role in shaping future academic debate as well as sufficiently practical enough to provide a source of inspiration for policy makers. Jan-Jaap Kuipers The Common Market Law Review Volume 48-4