Mukarrum Ahmed is Lecturer in Business Law at Lancaster University and a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn.

...highly recommendable for all who are interested in choice of court agreements!

• 1. Introduction 2. Private International Law, Party Autonomy and the English ‘Dispute Resolution’ Paradigm 3. The Analogy between Arbitration Agreements and Choice of Court Agreements: The Technique of Severability and Whether the Contractualisation Phenomenon Distorts the Fundamental Nature and Effects of Choice of Court Agreements? 4. Private Law or Public Law? An Assessment of the Fundamental Juridical Nature and Classification of Choice of Court Agreements 5. ‘Dispute Resolution’ Epitomised: The Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 6. An Overview of the Case Law on the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements: Firmly Entrenched or a Nascent Remedy in Need of Development? 7. Assessing the Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 8. An In-depth Examination of the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements under the English Common Law Jurisdictional Regime 9. The Damages Remedy and the Brussels I Regime 10. The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: Qualified Mutual Trust and the Scope for Remedies for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements 11. English Choice of Court Agreements in the Post-Referendum Legal Environment: What Lies Ahead? 12. Conclusions and Contributions to Knowledge

Mukarrum Ahmed is Lecturer in Business Law at Lancaster University and a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn.

...highly recommendable for all who are interested in choice of court agreements!

• 1. Introduction 2. Private International Law, Party Autonomy and the English ‘Dispute Resolution’ Paradigm 3. The Analogy between Arbitration Agreements and Choice of Court Agreements: The Technique of Severability and Whether the Contractualisation Phenomenon Distorts the Fundamental Nature and Effects of Choice of Court Agreements? 4. Private Law or Public Law? An Assessment of the Fundamental Juridical Nature and Classification of Choice of Court Agreements 5. ‘Dispute Resolution’ Epitomised: The Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 6. An Overview of the Case Law on the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements: Firmly Entrenched or a Nascent Remedy in Need of Development? 7. Assessing the Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 8. An In-depth Examination of the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements under the English Common Law Jurisdictional Regime 9. The Damages Remedy and the Brussels I Regime 10. The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: Qualified Mutual Trust and the Scope for Remedies for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements 11. English Choice of Court Agreements in the Post-Referendum Legal Environment: What Lies Ahead? 12. Conclusions and Contributions to Knowledge

Mukarrum Ahmed is Lecturer in Business Law at Lancaster University and a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn.

...highly recommendable for all who are interested in choice of court agreements!

• 1. Introduction 2. Private International Law, Party Autonomy and the English ‘Dispute Resolution’ Paradigm 3. The Analogy between Arbitration Agreements and Choice of Court Agreements: The Technique of Severability and Whether the Contractualisation Phenomenon Distorts the Fundamental Nature and Effects of Choice of Court Agreements? 4. Private Law or Public Law? An Assessment of the Fundamental Juridical Nature and Classification of Choice of Court Agreements 5. ‘Dispute Resolution’ Epitomised: The Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 6. An Overview of the Case Law on the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements: Firmly Entrenched or a Nascent Remedy in Need of Development? 7. Assessing the Damages Remedy for Breach of Choice of Court Agreements 8. An In-depth Examination of the Damages Remedy for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements under the English Common Law Jurisdictional Regime 9. The Damages Remedy and the Brussels I Regime 10. The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: Qualified Mutual Trust and the Scope for Remedies for Breach of Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements 11. English Choice of Court Agreements in the Post-Referendum Legal Environment: What Lies Ahead? 12. Conclusions and Contributions to Knowledge