Choice-of-court Agreements under the European and International Instruments The Revised Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Convention

• The first book to cover all three instruments governing the choice-of-court agreement in Europe
• Written by the one of the authors of the Explanatory Report on the 2005 Hague Convention, commissioned by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
• Considers the instruments thematically according to scope, validity and effect, and in a range of specialist contexts
• Concludes with practical appendices, including: the complete text of the Hague Convention; the report on the Hague Convention; extracts from the Brussels Convention, Brussels I Regulation (2000 and 2012), and Lugano Convention; other selected materials.

This is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship. The existing common law, which has dominated discussion of this subject for so long, will become less significant as European and international instruments become more widely applicable. The consequences of this, both for practitioners and business persons engaging in international transactions, are explained by thematic chapters covering all major issues affected. 

The work opens with an introduction to the components of a choice-of-court agreement and to the origins, principles, and status of the various instruments, making the text accessible to a broad practitioner audience. The scope of the instruments - territorial application, international application and subject-matter application - as well as conflicts between them, are addressed in Part II, which is devoted to guidance on deciding which instrument applies. Validity (substantive and formal), effects, remedies, and procedure are discussed in Part III, while Part IV tackles a range of more specialist areas, including insurance, consumer contracts, employment contracts, companies, and intellectual property. Comprehensive appendices follow, including the Hague Convention 2005 in its entirety, alongside extracts from Brussels I and Lugano, making this a standalone support for any practitioner facing unfamiliar questions in the area.

Readership: The primary market comprises practitioners specialising in private international law, particularly in the UK, the EU, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It will also appeal to academics, students of private international law, and libraries.