Article on Roberts v SSAFA and the governing law of contribution claims

Veena Srirangam has written an article published in the Journal of Private International Law on the governing law of contribution claims. The article considers the Supreme Court’s decision in Roberts v SSAFA [2022] UKSC 29, as well as claims for contribution falling within the scope of the Rome II Regulation, Rome I Regulation and the Hague Trusts Convention. It is argued that claims for contribution arising out of the same liability should be considered “parasitic” on the underlying claim and should prima facie be governed by the applicable law of the underlying claim. The full article is available here