Cross-Border Litigation in Europe

This book must feature prominently in any respectable private international law library. (Translated from the original French) -- Lukas Rass-Masson * Revue critique de droit international prive * This book is a valuable addition to a growing research and literature trend dedicated to analysing the way European private international law (EU PIL) instruments function across Member States... this book has all the necessary elements to become a reference work for scholars, practitioners, and EU and national policymakers interested in the area of European private international law. -- Elena Alina Ontanu * Common Market Law Review * A valuable addition to a growing research effort aimed at analyzing how the tools of European private international law work in all Member States. This book has all the necessary features to be a reference work for scholars, professionals, and policy makers in the EU and Member States interested in the field of European private international law. -- Apostolos Anthimos * Armenopoulos-Thessaloniki Bar Review (Bloomsbury translation) *

Paul Beaumont is Professor of EU and Private International Law at the University of Aberdeen. Mihail Danov is Associate Professor at the University of Exeter. Katarina Trimmings is a Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. Burcu Yuksel is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen.

1. Introduction: Research Aims and Methodology Paul Beaumont and Mihail Danov Part I: Shaping the Development of the Private International Law Framework 2. EU Competence to Legislate in the Area of Private International Law and Law Reforms at the EU Level Jan von Hein 3. An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the EU Institutions in Making and Interpreting EU Private International Law Regulations Burcu Yuksel 4. Unharmonised Procedural Rules: Is there a Case for Further Harmonisation at EU Level? Jonathan Fitchen Part II: Cross-border Litigation Pattern-Empirical Data and Analysis 5. Great Britain Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings and Burcu Yuksel 6. Belgium Thalia Kruger and Eline Ulrix 7. Germany Jan von Hein and Hannah Dittmers 8. Italy Stefania Bariatti, Ilaria Viarengo, Francesca C Villata, Sara Bernasconi and Filippo Marchetti 9. Spain Carmen Otero Garcia-Castrillon 10. Poland Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska, Agnieszka Guzewicz and Lukasz Petelski 11. Austria Florian Heindler and Bea Verschraegen 12. Bulgaria Teodora Tsenova and Anton Petrov 13. Croatia Ivana Kunda 14. Cyprus Nikitas E Hatzimihail 15. Czech Republic Monika Pauknerova, Marta Zavadilova and Jiri Grygar 16. Finland Gustaf Moeller 17. France Horatia Muir Watt, Sabine Corneloup, Laurence Usunier, Didier Boden,Jeremy Heymann and David Sindres 18. Greece Aspasia Archontaki and Paata Simsive 19. Hungary Csongor Istvan Nagy 20. Ireland Maebh Harding 21. Latvia Irena Kucina 22. Lithuania Kristina Praneviciene 23. Luxembourg Celine Camara 24. Malta Antoine G Cremona, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici and Calvin Calleja 25. The Netherlands Aukje Van Hoek, Ian Sumner and Cathalijne van der Plas 26. Portugal Elsa Dias Oliveira, Joao Gomes de Almeida, Eugenia Galvao Teles, Susana Maltez and Raquel Correia 27. Romania Ileana M Smeureanu, Lucian Ilie and Alexandra Ema Dobre 28. Slovakia Miroslava Vozaryova and Katarina Burdova 29. Slovenia Suzana Kraljic 30. Sweden Michael Bogdan and Ulf Maunsbach 31. Promoting Efficient Litigation? Stephen Dnes 32. Data Analysis: Important Issues to be Considered in a Cross-border Context Mihail Danov Part III: Litigating Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice 33. Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes Before the Court of Justice of the European Union Paul Beaumont and Burcu Yuksel 34. Legal Certainty and Predictability in the EUPILLAR Project's Regulations: An Assessment Carmen Otero Garcia-Castrillon 35. Effective Remedies in Cross-border Civil and Commercial Law Disputes: A Case for an Institutional Reform at EU Level Mihail Danov and Paul Beaumont 36. Cross-border Contract Litigation in the EU Zheng Sophia Tang 37. Cross-border Non-contractual Disputes: The Legislative Framework and Court Practice Michael Wilderspin 38. Litigating Cross-border Intellectual Property Disputes in the EU Private International Law Framework Paul Torremans 39. Private Enforcement of Competition Law Jonathan Fitchen 40. The Relationship Between Litigation and ADR: Evaluating the Effect of the EU PIL Framework on ADR/Settlements in Cross-border Cases Mihail Danov and Stefania Bariatti Part IV: Litigating Cross-border Family Law Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice 41. Court of Justice of the European Union's Case Law on Family Law Matters Under Brussels IIa and Maintenance Paul Beaumont and Katarina Trimmings 42. Habitual Residence: The Factors that Courts Consider Thalia Kruger 43. No Deal Better than a Bad Deal-Child Abduction and the Brussels IIa Regulation Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska 44. New (and Old) Problems for Maintenance Creditors Under the EU Maintenance Regulation Lara Walker 45. Mediation in EU Cross-border Family Law Ruth Lamont 46. Matrimonial Matters Under the Brussels IIa Regulation Katarina Trimmings Part V: Conclusion 47. Cross-border Litigation in Europe: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Practical Challenges Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings