CHAPTER II U.K. JURISDICTION

Article 7 U.K. Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law

The courts of a Member State whose law had been chosen by the deceased pursuant to Article 22 shall have jurisdiction to rule on the succession if:

(a)

a court previously seised has declined jurisdiction in the same case pursuant to Article 6;

(b)

the parties to the proceedings have agreed, in accordance with Article 5, to confer jurisdiction on a court or the courts of that Member State; or

(c)

the parties to the proceedings have expressly accepted the jurisdiction of the court seised.