Introduction / Edwin Peel -- Part I The Gasser Case: the Fate of Jurisdiction Clauses in Case of Lis Pendens. 1. Parallel Proceedings and Jurisdiction Agreements in Europe / Richard Fentiman ; 2. The Enforcement of Jurisdiction Agreements Further to Gasser and the Community Principle of Abuse of Right / Arnaud Nuyts -- Part II The Turner Case: The Prohibition on Anti-suit Injunctions. 3. Le Principe de Confiance Mutuelle et Les Injonctions Anti-Suit / Marie-Laure Niboyet ; 4. The Prohibition on Anti-Suit Injunctions and the Relationship Between European Rules on Jurisdiction and Domestic Rules on Procedure / Alexander Layton -- Part III The OwusuCase: The Rejection of the 'Forum Non Conveniens'. 5. The Mandatory Nature of Article 2 of the Brussels Convention and Derogation from the Rule It Lays Down / Pascal de Vareilles-Sommières ; 6. Legal Certainty and the Brussels Convention -- Too Much of a Good Thing? / Andrew Dickinson ; 7. Forum non conveniens et Application Uniforme des Règles de Compétence / Pierre Mayer -- Conclusion / Horatia Muir Watt
Summary
One of the issues left untouched by Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 (and by Brussels-1 Regulation replacing it) concerns the leeway left to domestic courts when applying European rules on international jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters. This book addresses how domestic courts can use European rules under Brussels convention
