The Brussels I Regulation Recast

Professor Andrew Dickinson is a Fellow of St Catherine's College and Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, a Solicitor and Consultant to Clifford Chance LLP in London, Visiting Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and External Scientific Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, in Luxembourg. He was closely involved in the Brussels I review process as an expert for the European Parliament and submitted a briefing note on the Commission's Proposal for a Brussels I bis Regulation.Dr Eva Lein is the Herbert Smith Freehills Senior Research Fellow in Private International Law at BIICL. She has published various articles in this area with a special focus on jurisdiction under the Brussels I Regulation and recently edited the book The Brussels I Review Proposal Uncovered (BIICL, 2012). She has organised several events and expert discussions on the revision process of the Brussels I Regulation. Her recent edited work also includes Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress with Duncan Fairgrieve (OUP, 2012).

• APPENDIX 1. THE REGULATION: ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGE VERSIONS; APPENDIX 2. COMPARISON OF 2001 REGULATION AND RECAST REGULATION; APPENDIX 3. COMMISSION PROPOSAL (ANNEXES OMITTED); APPENDIX 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT WITHIN THE FINAL REPORT OF THE EP LEGAL AFFAIRS (JURI) COMMITTEE; APPENDIX 5. INFORMATION PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ART 76

The adoption of the Brussels I (Regulation) Recast provides the opportunity for an in-depth analysis on the innovations contained therein. Therefore, this excellent book provides useful guidance on the interpretation and application of the rules. The book is written by seventeen distinguished scholars from all over Europe and it is divided into eighteen chapters covering the entire provisions of the Brussels I Recast ... his book will certainly have a long shelf-life and ought to make a positive impact on private international law.