European Private International Family Law
A comprehensive examination of the new Brussels IIb Regulation (2019/1111) which covers jurisdiction, decisions in matrimonial matters, matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction. This book analyses every provision of the new Regulation, relevant case law, and the differences between this Regulation and its predecessor.
Michael Wilderspin, Former Legal Adviser to the European Commission, Michael Wilderspin is a former legal adviser to the European Commission (2002-2021) with special responsibility for private international law since 2008. He has been involved with the Brussels IIa Regulation since its entry into force in 2004 and handled numerous cases on the regulation referred to the European Court on behalf of the Commission. He was also involved in preparing the new version of the Regulation, Brussels IIa. Michael Wilderspin also served as a lecturer at Durham University, UniversitÃ(c) PanthÃ(c)on-Assas Paris II, and UniversitÃ(c) Catholique de Louvain, and was Visiting Professor at the UniversitÃ(c) Lyon-III. His former publications include The European Private International Law of Obligations (5th edition, 2019), co-edited with Sir Richard Plender.
A comprehensive examination of the new Brussels IIb Regulation (2019/1111) which covers jurisdiction, decisions in matrimonial matters, matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction. This book analyses every provision of the new Regulation, relevant case law, and the differences between this Regulation and its predecessor.