Entries by Martin George

Rome I Regulation – A Dangerous Proposal?

Stuart Dutson (Linklaters) has written an article in the Journal of Business Law (J.B.L.): A dangerous proposal – the European Commission's attempt to amend the law applicable to contractual obligations. Here is the abstract: This article analyses the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I). […]

ECJ Interpretation of Art 6(1) of the Brussels I Regulation

Case C-103/05 Reisch Montage AG v Kiesel Baumaschinen Handels GmbH (13th July 2006) concerns the interpretation of Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The question referred to the ECJ by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court of […]

Art 16(4) of the Brussels Convention: exclusive jurisdiction in relation to patents

Case C-4/03 Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH & Co. KG v Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG (13th July 2006) concerned a reference from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 16(4) of the Brussels Convention. The Oberlandesgericht (Higher Regional Court) Düsseldorf sought, in essence, to ascertain the scope of […]

Publication: EU Private International Law

Peter Stone (University of Essex, UK) has published EU Private International Law: Harmonization of Laws, part of the Elgar European Law Series. This book focuses on harmonization of conflict laws at the European Community level, which has been driven by the introduction of a series of conventions and regulations. It offers critical assessment of these […]

Form over Substance

There is a short note by Wendy Hopkins and Stephen Turner (Beachcroft LLP) in the new issue of the Solicitors Journal on the recent House of Lords ruling in Harding v Wealands (2006) UKHL 32; (2006) 3 WLR 83 (HL) [see

PIL case comments in J.I.M.L

There are several analyses and comments of recent cases, involving private international law aspects of maritime law, in the latest issue of the Journal of International Maritime Law (J.I.M.L.): Article 17 Brussels Convention – third party right to exclusive jurisdiction clause Andromeda Marine SA v OW Bunkers & Trading A/S[2006] EWHC 777 (Comm) World freezing […]

Publication: The American Choice-of-law Revolution

A new book by Symeon C. Symeonides, The American Choice-of-Law Revolution: Past, Present and Future, is being published on August 22nd. The publisher's summary of the book is as follows: This book is an updated and expanded version of the General Course delivered by the author at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2002. […]