PART FOUR FAMILY LAW 915
Chapter 17 MARRIAGE 917
1. Formal validity 917
2. Capacity 939
3. Consent of parties 959
4. Polygamous marriages 964
5. Civil partnerships 986
Chapter 18 MATRIMONIAL CAUSES 994
1. Divorce, nullity and judicial separation 994
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 994
B. Choice of law 1008
C. Recognition of foreign decrees 1015
(1) Decrees granted in the British Isles 1015
(2) Decrees obtained in other Regulation States 1018
(3) Decrees obtained elsewhere 1019
(4) Non-proceedings divorces and annulments 1032
D. Effect in England of foreign decrees 1050
2. Presumption of death and dissolution of marriage 1057
3. Declarations as to status 1059
4. Financial relief 1062
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1062
B. Effect of foreign divorce on English maintenance orders 1092
C. Enforcement of foreign maintenance orders 1094
5. Staying of matrimonial and civil partnership proceedings 1104
Chapter 19 CHILDREN 1114
1. Parental responsibility in general 1114
2. Guardianship and custody 1117
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1117
B. Effect of foreign guardianship and custody orders 1145
3. Maintenance and contribution orders 1194
Chapter 20 LEGITIMACY, LEGITIMATION AND ADOPTION 1203
1. Legitimacy 1203
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1203
B. Recognition of the status of legitimacy 1207
C. Succession by and to legitimate persons 1217
2. Legitimation 1221
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1221
B. Recognition of foreign legitimations 1224
(1) At common law 1224
(2) Under the Legitimacy Act 1976 1233
C. Succession by and to legitimated persons 1236
3. Adoption 1240
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1240
B. Recognition of foreign adoptions 1249
C. Succession by and to adopted persons 1259
Chapter 21 MENTAL INCAPACITY 1262
1. Jurisdiction 1262
2. Choice of law 1266
3. Recognition and enforcement 1269
4. Removal from the jurisdiction 1273
PART FIVE LAW OF PROPERTY 1277
Chapter 22 NATURE AND SITUS OF PROPERTY 1279
Chapter 23 IMMOVABLES 1304
1. Jurisdiction of the English court: land in England 1304
2. Jurisdiction of the English court: foreign land 1313
3. Choice of law 1330
Chapter 24 PARTICULAR TRANSFERS OF MOVABLES 1336
1. Transfer of tangible things 1336
2. Assignment of intangible things 1354
3. Garnishment 1372
Chapter 25 GOVERNMENTAL ACTS AFFECTING PROPERTY 1380
Chapter 26 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES 1393
1. English grants of representation 1393
2. Effect of an English grant 1401
3. Law governing administration 1404
4. Foreign personal representatives 1406
Chapter 27 SUCCESSION 1411
1. Jurisdiction of the English court 1411
2. Jurisdiction of foreign courts 1412
3. Choice of law 1414
A. Intestate succession 1414
B. Testamentary succession 1418
(1) Capacity 1418
(2) Formal validity 1421
(3) Material or essential validity 1426
(4) Interpretation 1432
(5) Election 1438
(6) Revocation 1442
C. Exercise of power by will 1447
(1) Capacity 1447
(2) Formal validity 1449
(3) Interpretation 1450
(4) Material or essential validity 1453
(5) Revocation 1457
4. The proposed EU Regulation on succession 1459
Chapter 28 THE EFFECT OF MARRIAGE ON PROPERTY 1461
Chapter 29 TRUSTS 1485
1. Ambit of the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 and governing law 1485
2. Scope of application of governing law 1505
3. Recognition of trusts 1509
4. Particular issues 1512
5. Jurisdiction and the enforcement of the rights of beneficiaries 1515
6. Constructive and resulting trusts 1519
PART SIX CORPORATIONS AND INSOLVENCY 1525
Chapter 30 CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATE INSOLVENCY 1527
1. Domicile and residence 1528
2. Status 1532
3. Capacity and internal management 1538
4. Winding up proceedings not falling within Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 1548
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1548
B. Effect of an English winding up order 1569
C. Effect of a foreign winding up order 1581
D. Receivers 1595
5. Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 1605
A. Introduction and scope 1605
B. International jurisdiction 1615
C. Choice of law 1645
D. Recognition of insolvency proceedings 1675
E. Co-operation and co-ordination 1690
6. UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency 1696
A. Introduction and principles 1696
B. Access of foreign representatives or creditors to courts in Great Britain 1705
C. Recognition of a foreign proceeding and relief 1710
D. Co-operation with foreign courts and foreign representatives 1721
E. Concurrent proceedings 1723
F. British insolvency officeholder acting in foreign State 1727
Chapter 31 BANKRUPTCY 1729
1. English bankruptcies not falling within Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 1729
A. Jurisdiction of the English courts 1729
B. Effect of an English bankruptcy as an assignment of property 1739
C. Choice of law 1746
D. Effect of English bankruptcy as a discharge of debts 1749
2. Foreign bankruptcies not falling within Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 1750
A. Jurisdiction of foreign courts 1750
B. Effect in England of foreign bankruptcy as an assignment of property 1752
(1) Bankruptcy in Scotland or Northern Ireland 1752
(2) Bankruptcy in any other foreign country 1754
(3) Successive bankruptcies in different countries 1758
C. Effect in England of foreign bankruptcy as a discharge of debts 1759
3. Bankruptcies falling within Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 1763
A. Introduction and scope 1763
B. International jurisdiction 1763
C. Choice of law 1769
D. Recognition of insolvency proceedings 1770
E. Co-operation and co-ordination 1770
PART SEVEN LAW OF OBLIGATIONS 1773
Chapter 32 CONTRACTS. GENERAL RULES 1775
1. The law governing a contract 1775
2. Determination of the applicable law 1797
3. Mandatory provisions 1827
4. Material validity 1841
5. Formal validity 1848
6. Scope of the applicable law 1853
7. Capacity 1865
8. Public policy 1871
Chapter 33 PARTICULAR CONTRACTS 1879
1. Contracts for the sale, hire and pledge of movables 1879
2. Contracts with regard to immovables 1900
3. Franchise and distribution contracts 1913
4. Contracts for the carriage of persons 1917
5. Contracts for the carriage of goods 1928
6. Consumer contracts 1948
7. Contracts of insurance 1978
8. Contracts of reinsurance 2010
9. Contracts of employment 2022
10. Banking contracts 2057
11. Bills of exchange and promissory notes 2074
12. Negotiable and financial instruments 2097
13. Wagering contracts 2105
14. Agency 2109
A. Relation of principal and agent 2109
B. Relation of principal and third party 2122
C. Relation of agent and third party 2135
Chapter 34 NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: COMMON ISSUES 2139
1. Introduction 2139
2. The Rome II Regulation-background, scope and general matters 2140
A. Introduction 2140
B. Material scope of the Rome II Regulation 2150
C General matters 2167
3. Freedom of choice under the Rome II Regulation 2170
4. Scope of the law applicable under the Rome II Regulation and common rules 2174
5. Public policy and overriding mandatory provisions 2186
6. Equitable obligations 2188
Chapter 35 TORT/DELICT 2195
1. The law applicable to tort/delict prior to the Rome II Regulation 2195
2. The law applicable to tort/delict under the Rome II Regulation 2207
A. The general rule 2207
B. Product liability 2220
C. Unfair competition and acts restraining free competition 2228
D. Environmental damage 2236
E. Infringement of intellectual property rights 2240
F. Industrial action 2244
G. Culpa in contrahendo 2247
3. Law applicable to defamation and other torts to which the Rome II Regulation does not apply 2252
4. Effect of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 2282
Chapter 36 UNJUST ENRICHMENT, EQUITABLE CLAIMS AND NEGOTIORUM GESTIO 2289
1. Choice of law rules for obligations arising out of unjust enrichment 2289
2. Obligations arising out of unjust enrichment: particular issues 2306
3. Equitable claims and doctrines 2308
4. Issues common to torts and obligations arising out of unjust enrichment 2324
5. Negotiorum gestio 2328
Chapter 37 FOREIGN CURRENCY OBLIGATIONS 2335
1. The money of account 2335
2. Effect of law of the transaction upon monetary transactions 2355
3. Discharge of currency obligations 2361
4. Judgments in foreign currency 2376
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