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A practical alphabet

09 December 2016 / Clare Arthurs , Richard Marshall
Issue: 7726 / Categories: Features , Brexit , EU , ADR
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Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A-Z of cross border disputes, post-Brexit

Article 50

It should be business as usual for cross border disputes until Art 50 has been triggered—the picture is less clear after that.

Brussels (Recast)

This Regulation regulates jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments between EU member states.

Conventions

Geneva, Hague, Lugano, Rome…Almost an alphabet of their own!

Disclosure

Not all jurisdictions have the same extensive disclosure requirements as the UK courts: would minimal or extensive disclosure work better for you?

European Enforcement Orders

Uncontested claims from an EU member state court can be enforced in another member state using this streamlined procedure.

First seised

Under EU law, the courts of the member state where the claim was issued first in time decide the question of jurisdiction. But see J, L and P below…

Governing law clause

Which substantive law do you want to apply to identify and interpret the parties’ rights and obligations under the agreement?

Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

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