Okoli, Chukwuma Samuel AdesinaRoberts, Emma2020-01-222020-01-222019-12-16Okoli, C. S. A., & Roberts, E. (2019). The operation of Article 4 of Rome II Regulation in English and Irish courts. Journal of Private International Law, 15(3), 605-625.10.1080/17441048.2019.1684917http://hdl.handle.net/10034/623106This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Private International Law on 16/12/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17441048.2019.1684917.This article makes a critical assessment of the operation of Article 4 of Rome II in English and Irish courts measuring the extent to which judges of England and Wales (hereafter England) and Ireland are interpreting Article 4 of Rome II in accordance with what the EU legislator intended.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Rome IIGeneral ruleEnglish and Irish case lawArticle 4The operation of Article 4 of Rome II Regulation in English and Irish courtsArticle1757-8418Journal of Private International Law