Conflicto de leyes
Jurisdicción, ley aplicable y reconocimiento de sentencias extranjeras.
Introducción
El conflicto de leyes determina qué jurisdicción y qué ley se aplican cuando un caso tiene elementos internacionales.
Principios fundamentales
Jurisdiction — Post-Brexit, English courts determine jurisdiction under common law (service of proceedings, submission, forum non conveniens) and retained EU law for matters not covered by international conventions.
Applicable Law in Contract — The Rome I Regulation (retained) determines the law applicable to contractual obligations. The parties' choice of law is generally respected. In the absence of choice, the law of the country most closely connected applies.
Applicable Law in Tort — The Rome II Regulation (retained) determines the law applicable to non-contractual obligations. The general rule is the law of the country where the damage occurs (lex loci damni).
Recognition of Foreign Judgments — Foreign judgments may be recognised and enforced under common law (requiring a final and conclusive judgment of a court with jurisdiction), bilateral treaties, or the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005.
Forum Non Conveniens — English courts may stay proceedings if another forum is clearly more appropriate for the trial of the action (Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex [1987]).
Leyes clave
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020
Casos principales
Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex
[1987] AC 460
Owusu v Jackson
[2005] ECR I-1383
Escenarios comunes
Cross-border contract dispute post-Brexit
Determine jurisdiction under common law rules (service, submission) or residual retained EU law. The applicable law is determined by the Rome I Regulation (retained): the parties' choice of law prevails; otherwise, the law most closely connected to the contract applies.