Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. EDITORS’ PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION iii
3. EDITORS’ PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION v
4. CONTENTS vii
5. PART I STATUTES
6. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1920 (1920 c 81) 1
7. FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1933 (1933 c 13) 3
8. MAINTENANCE ORDERS ACT 1950 (1950 c 37) 8
9. WILLS ACT 1963 10
10. SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1964 (1964 c 41) 12
11. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT 1971 (1971 c 25) 15
12. MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1972 (1972 c 18) 18
13. MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS (POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES) ACT 1972 (1972 c 38) 26
14. DOMICILE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS ACT 1973 (1973 c 45) 27
15. PRESCRIPTION AND LIMITATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 (1973 c 52) 39
16. EVIDENCE (PROCEEDINGS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS) ACT 1975 (1975 c 34) 39
17. DIVORCE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 (1976 c 39) 40
18. MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1977 (1977 c 15) 41
19. UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS ACT 1977 (1977 c 50) 45
20. CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS ACT 1982 (1982 c 27) 46
21. MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS ACT 1984 (1984 c 42) 119
22. CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985 (1985 c 60) 121
23. FAMILY LAW ACT 1986 (1986 c 55) 128
24. RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS ACT 1987 (1987 c 14) 144
25. CONTRACTS (APPLICABLE LAW) ACT 1990 (1990, c 36) 147
26. CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 (1995 c 36) 147
27. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 (1995 c 42) 148
28. SCOTLAND ACT 1998 (1998 c 46) 150
29. ADOPTION (INTERCOUNTRY ASPECTS) ACT 1999 (1999 c 18) 154
30. IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM ACT 1999 (1999 c 33) 162
31. CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004 (2004, c 33) 164
32. FAMILY LAW (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 (2006 asp 2) 177
33. ADOPTION AND CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 2007 (2007 asp 4) 183
34. HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ACT 2008 (2008 c 22) 190
35. FORCED MARRIAGE ETC (PROTECTION AND JURISDICTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2011 (2011 asp 15) 191
36. DEFAMATION ACT 2013 (2013 c 26) 197
37. DEFAMATION ACT 2013 (2013 c 26) 198
38. ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, CRIME AND POLICING ACT 2014 (2014 c 12) 201
39. MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014 (2014 asp 5) 203
40. SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016 (2016 asp 7) 206
41. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016 (2016 asp 21) 207
42. EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (2018 c 16) 208
43. PART II STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
44. CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS ACT 1982 (PROVISIONAL AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES) (SCOTLAND) ORDER 1997 (SI 1997/2780) 222
45. CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1998 (SI 1998/3132) 222
46. CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS ORDER 2001 (SI 2001/3929) 224
47. LAW APPLICABLE TO NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2008 (SSI 2008/404) 228
48. LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009 (SSI 2009/410) 229
49. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2010 (SSI 2010/213) 229
50. ADOPTION (RECOGNITION OF OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS) ORDER 2013 (SI 2013/1801) 231
51. MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) (JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2014 (SSI 2014/362) 233
52. CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS (HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS 2005) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2018 (SI 2018/1124) 235
53. INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF MAINTENANCE (HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE 2007) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2018 (SI 2018/1125) 236
54. JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS (FAMILY, CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES)) (EU EXIT) (SCOTLAND) (AMENDMENT ETC) REGULATIONS 2019 (SSI 2019/104) 238
55. CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019 (SI 2019/479) 239
56. JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS (FAMILY) (AMENDMENT ETC) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019 (SI 2019/519) 243
57. PART III EU MATERIALS
58. CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 245
59. CONSOLIDATED VERSIONS OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: PROTOCOLS—PROTOCOL (NO 21) ON THE POSITION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND IN RESPECT OF THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE 246
60. COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO 2201/2003 OF 27 NOVEMBER 2003 CONCERNING JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN MATRIMONIAL MATTERS AND THE MATTERS OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, REPEALING REGULATION (EC) NO 1347/2000 (‘BRUSSELS II BIS’) 248
61. REGULATION (EC) NO 864/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 11 JULY 2007 ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (‘ROME II’) 267
62. REGULATION (EC) NO 593/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 17 JUNE 2008 ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (ROME I) 279
63. COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) NO 1259/2010 OF 20 DECEMBER 2010 IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF THE LAW APPLICABLE TO DIVORCE AND LEGAL SEPARATION (‘ROME III’) 295
64. REGULATION (EU) NO 650/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 4 JULY 2012 ON JURISDICTION, APPLICABLE LAW, RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS AND ACCEPTANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENTS IN MATTERS OF SUCCESSION AND ON THE CREATION OF A EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE OF SUCCESSION 303
65. REGULATION (EU) NO 1215/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 12 DECEMBER 2012 ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS (RECAST) 335
66. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS (IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) NO 1215/2012) AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS (IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) NO 1215/2012) 362
67. COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2019/1111 OF 25 JUNE 2019 ON JURISDICTION, THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS IN MATRIMONIAL MATTERS AND THE MATTERS OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (RECAST) 363
68. PART IV INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
69. HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION 1980 415
70. HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO TRUSTS AND ON THEIR RECOGNITION 1986 415
71. CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION, APPLICABLE LAW, RECOGNITION, ENFORCEMENT AND CO-OPERATION IN RESPECT OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN 415
72. HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS 427
73. HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE 436
74. CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS 456
75. CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS 475
76. INDEX OF LEGISLATION 485