Knowing receipt requires the satisfaction of disparate elements under English domestic law. Its characterisation under domestic law is also unsettled. These in turn affect the issues of characterisation and choice of law at the private international law level, as knowing receipt sits at the intersection of the laws of equity, restitution, wrongs and property. This article argues that under the common law knowing receipt ought to be considered as sui generis for choice of law purposes and governed by the law of closest connection to the claim. Where the Rome II Regulation applies, knowing receipt fits better within the tort rather than unjust enrichment category and the escape clause in Article 4(3) of the Regulation ought to apply.

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了解收据的特征和法律选择

根据英国国内法，知道收到需要满足不同的要素。其在国内法下的定性也未定。这些反过来会影响国际私法层面的法律定性和选择问题，因为知道收据处于衡平法、赔偿法、错误法和财产法的交叉点。本文认为，根据普通法，明知收据应被视为出于法律选择目的的特殊情况，并受与索赔最密切相关的法律管辖。在适用罗马二条例的情况下，明知收据更符合侵权而非不当得利的范畴，条例第 4 条第 3 款中的免责条款应适用。