Res Judicata, Estoppel, and Foreign Judgments: The Preclusive Effects of Foreign Judgments in Private International LawOxford University Press, 2001 - 346 pages This book re-examines the doctrines of res judicata and abuse of process when applied to foreign judgments, and analyses how they are relied upon in English proceedings. The book clearly explains the four main pleas to which a foreign res judicata might give rise in subsequent proceedings in England. |
Contents
General Editors Preface | xxiii |
Table of Legislation | xli |
Table of Legislation | xlvii |
Table of Abbreviations | liii |
The Doctrine of Res Judicata as it Operates upon | 3 |
Foreign Judgments and the Doctrine of Res Judicata | 4 |
PART | 27 |
THE PRECLUSIVE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS | 29 |
36 | 140 |
The Extended Doctrine of Res Judicata based | 183 |
PART C | 245 |
Introduction 7 01 | 251 |
The Judgment Recognition Provisions in Title III | 264 |
Recognition of a Convention Judgment | 272 |
Preclusion | 291 |
The Preclusive Effects of a Foreign Judgment | 297 |
Common terms and phrases
abuse of process action estoppel action in rem Admiralty action apply Brussels and Lugano Carl Zeiss Stiftung cause of action claim claimant collateral estoppel common law Convention judgment decision defendant Desert Sun Loan doctrine of res earlier proceedings English court English law estop final and conclusive foreign court foreign judgment Foreign Judgments Reciprocal former recovery forum non conveniens Henderson rule Henderson v Henderson House of Lords ibid India Steamship India v India Indian Endurance Indian Grace interlocutory issue estoppel issue preclusion Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Jurisdiction and Judgments Keeler Ltd litigation Lloyd's Rep Lord Reid Lord Wilberforce Lugano Conventions matter ment merits parties preclusive effect preclusive pleas preclusive purposes privies procedural proceedings in England question raised Rayner & Keeler Republic of India requirement res judicata res judicata status Sennar Steamship Co Ltd Stiftung v Rayner subject-matter subsequent proceedings Sun Loan Corp