The Convention provides that the application of a rule of law of any country specified in a Convention may be refused only if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy of the forum Court.\u00a0 This requires that the application of foreign law is against the public policy of the domestic Court.\u00a0\u00a0 This is only intended to be used in exceptional cases.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, courts may refuse to apply the mandatory rules of a foreign State if this would be against the public policy of the home state.\u00a0 This may happen where the foreign rule conflicts with mandatory domestic rules. The Rome Regulation provides that if a foreign law, even a mandatory law which would be against overriding public policy in the home state, the domestic court need not apply it.<\/p>\n\n
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