What Law Applies to the Issue of Res Judicata?
Should a foreign judgment entail in the requested State the res judicata effect that it has in the country of origin? OrContinue Reading
Author: Erik Sinander
Free Scandinavian Online Law Library Projects
Two relatively new Scandinavian free online law library projects ease the accessibility of older legal writings, which opens new possibilitiesContinue Reading
ECtHR Overrules Danish Anti-Surrogacy Judgment
On 6 December 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in the Danish surrogacy case of K.K. andContinue Reading
Midtgaard Fogt on the Harmonisation of Private International Law
Morten Midtgaard Fogt (Aarhus University, Denmark) has had a book titled Choices, Limits and Consequences of Harmonisation of Commercial Law published.Continue Reading
Qatari State Immunity for Employment Court Procedure in Sweden
In a decision of November 2022, the Swedish Labour Court held that Qatar had, at least in part, the rightContinue Reading
Two New Doctoral Theses on Arbitral Jurisdiction at the Stockholm University
In the space of two weeks, two doctoral theses on arbitral jurisdiction will be publicly defended at the Stockholm University.Continue Reading
CJEU Rules that a “Patron Agreement” Can Extend the Notion of Employer under the Brussels I bis Regulation
In its judgment in the case of ROI Land Investments, C-604/20, rendered on 20 October 2022, the CJEU discussed two keyContinue Reading
Danish Supreme Court on the Existence of a Contract for the Purposes of Brussels I bis
According to Article 7 point 1 of the Brussels I bis Regulation, proceedings in matters relating to a contract mayContinue Reading
UN Child Rights Committee on the 1980 Hague Convention
In a decision (“views”) adopted on 1 June 2022 (CRC/C/90/D/121/2020), the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) held that the best interestContinue Reading
Danish Supreme Court: No Tort Liability under Danish Law for Green Desert Operation in Iraq
The Danish Supreme Court held in a judgment of 31 May 2022 (case 134/2018), that Danish law should be applied forContinue Reading
Essays in Honour of Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg
Professor Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg has retired after having been professor in private international law at Uppsala University in Sweden for 23Continue Reading
Swedish Supreme Court: CMR Takes Precedence Over the Rome I Regulation
In a judgment of 14 June 2022 (case T 3379-21) the Swedish Supreme Court held that the United Nation’s 1956Continue Reading
The Swedish Labour Court on International Sympathy Actions
The Swedish Labour Court held on 1 June 2022 (interim decision AD 2022 No. 33) that an industrial action takenContinue Reading
The Swedish Supreme Court on the Taking of Digital Evidence in International Cases
The Swedish Supreme Court held in a decision of 8 April 2022 (case Ö 4651-21) that a defendant domiciled inContinue Reading