1st Edition

Commercial Disputes Resolution and Jurisdiction

Edited By Barış Soyer Copyright 2025
264 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Informa Law from Routledge

264 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Informa Law from Routledge

264 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Informa Law from Routledge

Remedies are vital in commercial litigation. Additionally, in commercial law, parties are usually free to choose the forum and law that will govern their disputes. This book aims to shine the spotlight on these issues and look to several new trends and developments emerging on procedural matters relating to dispute resolution. The discussions range freely over national, international, and EU... Read more

Biographies of Editors xix

Biographies of Contributors xxi

Foreword xxix

Preface xxxi

Table of Cases xxxiii

Table of Legislation xxxv

PART 1 ARBITRATION AND OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS

CHAPTER 1 “INDISPUTABLY DUE”. AN EXPRESS POWER FOR SUMMARY PROCEDURES IN LONDON MARITIME ARBITRATION? 3

David William Steward

CHAPTER 2 INTERIM ORDERS AND EMERGENCY ARBITRATORS IN MARITIME ARBITRATION 11

Karen Maxwell

CHAPTER 3 THE COURT’S OVERSIGHT OF ARBITRATION AND CHALLENGING JURISDICTION 25

Ruth Hosking

CHAPTER 4 DIGITALISATION, PRE-ACTION PROTOCOLS, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES 41

Masood Ahmed

CHAPTER 5 RESOLVING AIRLINE PASSENGER DISPUTES BY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS: AN APPRAISAL OF THE UK SYSTEM 59

George Leloudas

PART 2 JURISDICTION-RELATED ISSUES, OTHER REMEDIES, AND THE POSITION OF THIRD PARTIES

CHAPTER 6 ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION: TWO IMPORTANT NICHE ISSUES 77

Andrew Tettenborn

CHAPTER 7 JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN THE EU – THE UK JUDICIAL SPACE POST-BREXIT 89

Francesco Munari

CHAPTER 8 SAILING ROUND JUDGMENTS FROM EU MEMBER STATES AFTER BREXIT. TIME CHARTERS AND THE “SHIPPING COMPANY’S” RIGHT OF “PASS-THROUGH” UNDER THE AMENDED EMISSIONS TRADING DIRECTIVE 2023 101

Simon Baughen

CHAPTER 9 GA: LONDON – AN EXAMINATION OF THE JURISDICTIONAL BASES FOR CLAIMS IN GENERAL AVERAGE 121

Richard Sarll

CHAPTER 10 THE 2005 CHOICE OF COURT CONVENTION – ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES 137

Marta Pertegás Sender

CHAPTER 11 NAVIGATING PARALLEL PROCEEDINGS: THE HAGUE JUDGMENTS CONVENTION AND NON-EXCLUSIVE (ASYMMETRICAL) JURISDICTION AGREEMENTS 145

Aygün Mammadzada

PART 3 CHOICE OF LAW – APPLICABLE LAW ISSUES

CHAPTER 12 THE ROME CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS – PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 161

John A. Kimbell

CHAPTER 13 THE CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS OF CHOICE OF LAW CLAUSES IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS 173

Daniel Wand

CHAPTER 14 METHODOLOGICAL VARIATIONS IN DETERMINING APPLICABLE LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS 189

Patricia Živković

Index 211

Biography

Professor Barış Soyer is the Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (Swansea University) and author/editor of several books published in the fields of maritime and insurance law.

Professor Andrew Tettenborn and Professor George Leloudas, also of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, serve as consulting editors to this book.