Preface. 1. An introduction to the law of jurisdiction 2. Where jurisdiction does not or cannot exist 3. Choice of court agreements: common law principles 4. Choice of Court Agreements: the 2005 Hague Convention 5. Jurisdiction (I): by service on defendant in England 6. Disputing the jurisdiction established by service in England 7. Jurisdiction (II): service on defendant outside England where permission not required 8. Jurisdiction (III): service on defendant outside England with permission 9. Disputing the jurisdiction of the English court 10. Domicile and Jurisdiction within the United Kingdom 11. Cross-border procedural matters 12. Injunctions to prevent foreign proceedings and procedures 13. Other counter-measures against wrongful foreign proceedings 14. Foreign judgments: recognition and enforcement at common law 15. Foreign judgments registrable under the 1920 and 1933 Acts 16. Foreign judgments registrable under the 1982 Act 17. Foreign judgments taking effect under the Brussels and Lugano rules 18. Arbitration 19. Brexit. Appendix I: Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. Appendix II: Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters
Biography
Adrian Briggs, KC is Emeritus Professor of Private International Law, University of Oxford, an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and a Bencher and Barrister at Middle Temple.
