International Commercial Litigation

This is a carefully structured, practice-orientated textbook. The strong comparative component provides a thought-provoking international perspective, while at the same time allowing readers to gain unique insights into international commercial litigation in English courts.

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1: Introduction PART II: LEGAL RISK AND MULTISTATE TRANSACTIONS 2: Managing Litigation Risk 3: Managing Transaction Risk PART III: LIABILITY AND RECOVERY IN MULTISTATE LITIGATION 4: The Dynamics of Choice of Law 5: The Laws Governing Multistate Transactions 6: The Laws Governing Recovery PART IV: COMMENCING AND PREVENTING PROCEEDINGS 7: Strategic Choices 8: The Framework of Jurisdiction 9: Establishing and Challenging Jurisdiction 10: Excluded Claims 11: Declining Jurisdiction: The European Regime 12: Declining Jurisdiction: The European Regime and Third States 13: Declining Jurisdiction: English National Law 14: Procedural Objections to Proceedings 15: Preclusive Proceedings 16: Restraining Foreign Proceedings PART V: EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT 17: Preseving Judgement Assets 18: Enforcing Judgement Debts PART VI: THE CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS 19: Procedure, Costs, and Evidence in Multistate Disputes 20: The Proof of Foreign Law.

Park and Cromie: International Commercial Litigation focuses on national commercial litigation in its international context. England and Wales, USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and Canada are all covered, with the book being structured in such a way that the procedural and substantive law of each country is covered in equal depth. A team of international contributors analyses the factors which must be taken into consideration in choosing the forum and how to proceed after that choice has been made. The conduct of simultaneous proceedings in the various countries and how decisions may be enforced in the light of relevant bilateral and multilateral conventions (in particular the Brussels, Lugano and Hague Conventions) are also covered.

This is the fourth edition of this highly regarded work on the law of international commercial litigation as practised in the English courts. As such it is primarily concerned with how commercial disputes which have connections with more than one country are dealt with by the English courts. Much of the law which provides the framework for the resolution of such disputes is derived from international instruments, including recent Conventions and Regulations which have significantly re-shaped the law in the European Union. The scope and impact of these European instruments is fully explained and assessed in this new edition. The work is organised in four parts. The first part considers the jurisdiction of the English courts and the recognition and enforcement in England of judgments granted by the courts of other countries. This part of the work, which involves analysis of both the Brussels I Regulation and the so-called traditional rules, includes chapters dealing with jurisdiction in personam and in rem, anti-suit injunctions and provisional measures. The work's second part focuses on the rules which determine whether English law or the law of another country is applicable to a given situation. The part includes a discussion of choice of law in contract and tort, with particular attention being devoted to the recent Rome I and Rome II Regulations. The third part of the work includes three new chapters on international aspects of insolvency (in particular, under the EC Insolvency Regulation) and the final part focuses on an analysis of legal aspects of international commercial arbitration. In particular, this part examines: the powers of the English courts to support or supervise an arbitration; the effect of an arbitration agreement on the jurisdiction of the English courts; the law which governs an arbitration agreement and the parties' dispute; and the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards.

The book presents international commercial courts from a comparative perspective and highlights their role in transnational adjudication.

Retaining its practical emphasis, this new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect important new developments.