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Table of Contents
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3. Consequences of falling within the definition of court under the Regulation
and of the characterization of a national authority as court............................................ 108
4. Arbitral tribunals as ‘courts’ under the Regulation .......................................................... 109
CHAPTER II
Jurisdiction
Article 4 – General jurisdiction ............................................................................................110
I. Introductory remarks .........................................................................................................111
II. Concept and function of habitual residence under the EU Succession Regulation......113
III. Determining the place of habitual residence................................................................. 115
IV. Limitations on the jurisdictional function of Article 4.................................................119
Article 5 – Choice-of-court agreement ...............................................................................120
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................120
II. Prerequisites for a valid prorogation of jurisdiction ...................................................... 122
1. Formal prerequisites .......................................................................................................123
2. Substantive prerequisites ................................................................................................123
III. Legal consequences of a prorogation agreement .......................................................... 124
Article 6 – Declining of jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law...........................126
I. Introductory remarks .........................................................................................................126
II. Discretionary declining of jurisdiction............................................................................126
III. Mandatory declining of jurisdiction............................................................................... 129
Article 7 – Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law .................................................. 131
Article 8 – Closing of own-motion proceedings in the event of a choice of law...... 132
Article 9 – Jurisdiction based on appearance....................................................................134
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................135
II. The possibility of tacit prorogation .................................................................................136
III. Contesting jurisdiction and consequences thereof .......................................................140
IV. Compulsory joinder of parties ....................................................................................... 141
Article 10 – Subsidiary jurisdiction ....................................................................................145
I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................145
II. Subsidiary character ........................................................................................................146
III. Assets of the estate as the main jurisdictional link ......................................................148
IV. Supplementary connecting factors ................................................................................ 152
Article 11 – Forum necessitatis ...........................................................................................154
I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................154
II. Exceptional and subsidiary nature ..................................................................................155
III. The risk of denial of justice ........................................................................................... 157
IV. Sufficient connection ..................................................................................................... 159