Cross-Border Litigation in Europe

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 Yüksel 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 Yüksel
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 Yüksel
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 García-Castrillón
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 Pauknerová, Marta Zavadilová and Jirí Grygar
16. Finland
Gustaf Möller
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 István Nagy
20. Ireland
Maebh Harding
21. Latvia
Irena Kucina
22. Lithuania
Kristina Praneviciene
23. Luxembourg
Céline 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, João Gomes de Almeida, Eugénia Galvão Teles, Susana Maltez and Raquel Correia
27. Romania
Ileana M Smeureanu, Lucian Ilie and Alexandra Ema Dobre
28. Slovakia
Miroslava Vozáryová and Katarína Burdová
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 Yüksel
34. Legal Certainty and Predictability in the EUPILLAR Project’s Regulations: An Assessment
Carmen Otero García-Castrillón
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 and Burcu Yüksel