Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (UK)

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For guidance on international jurisdiction when the proceedings were instituted on or before 31 December 2020, see: If the claim is a common law claim brought in the courts, such as a claim for damages for breach of contract or to enforce post-termination restrictions (restrictive covenants), the rules on jurisdiction in CJJA 1982 and the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) will apply.

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for cases under the Lugano Convention, regulation 92 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.This Practice Note considers the provisions of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982), which determine the question of international jurisdiction in relation to employment proceedings instituted on or after 1 January 2021. the ESCP Regulation still applies to small claims procedures for which the application was lodged before the end of the transition period. Note also that the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 contains provisions giving legal effect in domestic law to the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and amending the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1124), which came into force at the end of the Transition Period. Can a lawyer qualified in Scotland be the ‘relevant independent adviser’ for the purposes of a settlement

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Legislation dealing with the “Rome” rules on applicable law is contained in the following statutory instrument: The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/834). This instrument amended the Rome I and Rome II Regulations as retained by the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 so that they operate effectively as domestic law and made amendments to other related legislation. Article 66 of the Withdrawal Agreement provides that, in EU member states (in cases involving the UK):UK courts are unable to certify judgments as EEOs, issue EOPs or ESCP judgments. Claims which would have been capable of being pursued in the UK under the EOP or ESCP Regulations prior to the end of the transition period need to be made in the appropriate court as ordinary civil claims. for contractual obligations, Regulation (EC) No 593/2009 (the Rome I Regulation) applies to contracts entered into from 17 December 2009; the 1980 Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations applies to contracts entered into between 1 April 1991 and 16 December 2009); the Rome II Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall apply in respect of events giving rise to damage, where such events occurred before the end of the transition period.

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The EU rules governing applicable law in civil and commercial cases in the UK and EU member states before the end of the transition period can be found in the following EU instruments and agreements: the Rome 2 Regulation applies in respect of events giving rise to damage, where such events occurred on or after 11 January 2009 (including after the end of the transition period).

For claims initiated after the end of the transition period, involving an exclusive choice of court agreement entered into from 1 October 2015, in which the chosen court is established in a contracting party to that Convention (which includes all EU member states), the rules of the Hague Convention 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements) apply.