ABSTRACT
In this chapter we examine what are sometimes called the traditional,1 or common law,2 rules of jurisdiction.3 Whatever they are called, they apply in two discrete areas which must be thought about separately: in cases which fall wholly outside the domain of the Brussels I Regulation,4 where they may be called ‘common law rules’, and in cases where their application is required by Article 6 of the Brussels I Regulation 1215/2012, in which context they may be called ‘residual rules’.
