The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2009
These regulations concern Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (“Rome I”). This instrument establishes uniform choice of law rules in the field of contractual obligations. These rules enable courts throughout the EU to select the national laws appropriate for the determination of the law applicable to contractual obligations in situations where the case has a cross-border dimension, for example where the parties to the contract live in different countries and the contract is to be performed in a third country. The aim of these uniform rules of Community law is that, in relation to a case falling within Rome I’s scope of application, the same national law will generally be applied by courts in all the Member States. The rules apply to contracts concluded as from 17th December 2009.