PART ONE PRELIMINARY MATTERS 3
Chapter 1 NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE CONFLICT OF LAWS 3
Chapter 2 CHARACTERISATION AND THE INCIDENTAL QUESTION 38
1. Characterisation 38
2. The incidental or preliminary question 55
Chapter 3 THE TIME FACTOR 63
Chapter 4 RENVOI 77
Chapter 5 THE EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN LAW 99
Chapter 6 DOMICILE AND RESIDENCE 131
1. General principles 131
2. Ascertainment of domicile 140
A. Domicile of origin 140
B. Domicile of choice 142
(1) Acquisition 142
(2) Loss 161
C. Domicile of dependency 163
3. Residence 175
4. Domicile, residence and nationality 197
PART TWO PROCEDURE 203
Chapter 7 SUBSTANCE AND PROCEDURE 203
Chapter 8 INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION: PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE 257
1. Freezing injunctions 257
2. Service of process 278
3. Obtaining evidence abroad 288
4. Security for costs 309
Chapter 9 PROOF OF FOREIGN LAW 318
PART THREE JURISDICTION AND FOREIGN JUDGMENTS 335
Chapter 10 JURISDICTION AL IMMUNITIES 337
Chapter 11 JURISDICTION IN CLAIMS IN PERSONAM 371
1. General principle 371
2. Domicile 402
3. Rules relating to jurisdiction 411
A. Where the Brussels I Regulation and the Lugano Convention do not apply or where the defendant is not domiciled in the United Kingdom or any part thereof or in any other State which is a Member State or a Convention State 411
B. Where the defendant is domiciled in a Member State, in a Convention State, or in Scotland or Northern Ireland 464
Chapter 12 FORUM NON CONVENIENS, LIS ALIBI PENDENS, ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS AND JURISDICTION AGREEMENTS 533
1. Forum non conveniens, anti-suit injunctions and lis alibi pendens 533
2. Jurisdiction agreements 599
Chapter 13 JURISDICTION IN ADMIRALTY CLAIMS IN REM 645
Chapter 14 FOREIGN JUDGMENTS 663
1. Introductory 664
2. Enforcement and recognition at common law 673
A. Enforcement and recognition 673
B. Jurisdiction of foreign courts at common law 689
(1) Jurisdiction in personam 689
(2) Where jurisdiction does not exist 712
(3) Judgments in rem 715
C. Conclusiveness of foreign judgments: defences 720
3. Enforcement and recognition under statute 745
(1) Administration of Justice Act 1920 745
(2) Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 749
(3) The Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention and Council Regulation (EC) 805/2004 757
(4) Parts II and IV of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 789
(5) Community judgments 791
(6) Judgments against the United Kingdom 793
4. Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 794
Chapter 15 JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS UNDER MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS 797
Chapter 16 ARBITRATION AND FOREIGN AWARDS 829
1. Governing law 829
2. Staying of proceedings and injunctions to restrain foreign proceedings 856
3. Enforcement of foreign awards 873
A. At common law 874
B. New York Convention awards 885
C. Intra-United Kingdom enforcement 900
D. Enforcement as foreign judgment 901
E. Arbitration and investment disputes 905
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