A Step Forward in the Harmonization of European Jurisdiction: Regulation Brussels I Recast

• Authors: Alavi Hamed , Khamichonak Tatsiana
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Brussels regime is a legislative framework that regulates questions of transnational litigation in the European Union. Having been initially shaped upon negotiation of the 1968 Brussels Convention, it has been subsequently superseded and expanded in scope by the Brussels I Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, alongside other instruments addressing specific areas of law. Recently, the Brussels regime has been amended by the Recast Brussels I Regulation, which entered into force on January 15, 2015, bringing about significant and long-awaited change. Addressing the experience of application of its predecessors, the changes in the Recast Regulation have been introduced to the treatment of choice-of-court agreements and their relationship with the lis pendens doctrine, abolition of exequatur, reaffirmation and clarification of the arbitration exclusion, as well as further minor amendments.

Keywords

EN

Regulation 1215/2012 Brussels I Recast; Brussels regime; abolition of exequatur; choice-of-court agreements; lis pendens

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 159-181

Dates

published

2015-12-01

received

2015-11-03

accepted

2015-12-29

online

2016-02-29

Contributors

author

Alavi Hamed

• Tallinn University of Technology, School of Law (Estonia)

author

Khamichonak Tatsiana

• Tallinn University of Technology, School of Law (Estonia)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bjlp-2015-0023