Arbitration / Mediation / Litigation

Jurisdiction and Arbitration Agreements and their Enforcement, 2nd Edition

By David Joseph, QC
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. September 2010

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781847038975
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
September 2010
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Offers a unique and comprehensive treatment of both jurisdiction and arbitration agreements and the enforcement of consequent judgments and awards
  • Covers all issues arising from jurisdiction, arbitration, mediation agreements in relation to commercial contracts
  • Looks at all aspects of enforcement from the grant of stay, to injunctive and declaratory relief and an action for damages
  • Includes an extensive treatment on the enforcement of judgments and awards
  • Supplies detailed guidance on the validity, scope, construction, incorporation and enforceability of mediation clauses in commercial contracts
  • Looks at the role of expert determination
  • Remedies including stay, anti-suit injunctions, resolution of clash of jurisdictions and the enforcement of judgments are assessed from both the EU and common law perspectives
  • Includes analysis of the important proposals for the reform of the Brussels I Regulation currently under discussion
  • Includes new statutory and arbitration material including the amendments to the UNCITRAL arbitration model law, a new EC regulation on mediation, and the finalized version of the Hague Convention
  • Covers the new Lugano Convention that came into force in January 2010
  • Covers all of the hundred or more important decisions of the English and European courts in this field since the last edition
  • Features a brand new chapter on the enforcement of arbitral awards under the New York Convention
  • Includes an expanded section on interim relief granted by arbitral tribunals covering the latest jurisprudence in investment treaty arbitration
  • Includes a new chapter on the enforcement of arbitration agreements involving States and State entities

Table of Contents

  • Overview of the European framework
  • Formal requirements of jurisdiction and arbitration agreementsNature and construction of jurisdiction and arbitration agreements
  • Incorporation of jurisdiction and arbitration agreements
  • The governing law of the dispute resolution agreement and other choice of law issues
  • Parties - Who is bound? Who can enforce?
  • Relationship with international convention and foreign law
  • Commencement of proceedings or arbitration
  • Stay of proceedings / Declining jurisdiction
  • Stay (Arbitration)
  • Restraining injunctions and orders
  • Declaratory relief
  • Damages
  • Enforcement of judgments, orders and awards
  • Enforcement of mediation agreements
  • Appendices
  • Precedents
  • Arbitration Act 1996
  • Judgments Regulation - Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001
  • Service Regulation - Council Regulation (EC) 1348/200
  • Preliminary draft Hague Convention on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements
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