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The Ineradicable Special Consumer Conflicts Rule This post is not about Article 6 Rome I, but about Article 6 ofContinue Reading
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The Ineradicable Special Consumer Conflicts Rule This post is not about Article 6 Rome I, but about Article 6 ofContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
On 10 May 2023, UNIDROIT adopted the Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law. The Principles contain recommendations to nationalContinue Reading
On 30 June 2023, the second edition of the Austrian Private International Law Workshop will take place in Innsbruck. TheContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
The EU has decided on 24 April 2023 to establish treaty relations with Ukraine under the Hague Judgments Convention. UkraineContinue Reading
Determining financial loss has become the neuralgic point of Art 7(2) Brussels Ibis and Art 4(1) Rome II Regulation. ByContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
Marco Biasi (Università degli Studi di Milano) has published Decent Work and the Virtual Dimension: Reflections about the Regulation ofContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
UNIDROIT has started an online consultation on its Draft Principles and Commentary on Digital Assets and Private Law, which MarcoContinue Reading
The rules on negotorium gestio in Article 11 Rome II Regulation have received little attention so far and are rarelyContinue Reading
… they sometimes forget to buy the compulsory toll ticket (“e-vignette”) in advance or make mistakes when filling out theContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
Michiel Poesen has published an interesting article in the Common Market Law Review (issue 6 of 2022), titled Civil LitigationContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published on 1 November 2022. TheContinue Reading
This post was written by Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, Vienna. The Austrian Constitutional Court proceeds further on the way to equal treatmentContinue Reading
The infamous Wirecard scandal, which involved a German public limited company (AG) reporting non-existing assets and earnings to the tuneContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) will be published on 1 September 2022. ItContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) will be published on 1 July 2022. ItContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. As always, it contains aContinue Reading
In his PhD thesis Normen als tatsächliche Umstände (Rules as factual circumstances), published in 2021, Alexander Kronenberg analysis how overriding mandatory provisionsContinue Reading
Through a comfort letter, one party promises to indemnify a creditor if the latter’s debtor does not pay. This isContinue Reading
In 1971, the American Law Institute published the epochal Restatement of Conflict of Laws (Second). Now, a new version isContinue Reading
Cedric Hornung has published an inspiring book , titled Internationales Privatrecht zwischen Wertneutralität und Politik (Mohr Siebeck, 2021), about a fundamental tension underlyingContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. As always, it contains aContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Eichmüller and Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, University of Vienna. In a recent decision, the Austrian SupremeContinue Reading
The environment is on – almost – everybody’s mind. In particular companies committed to sustainable investment are becoming an increasinglyContinue Reading
The provisions of the Brussels I bis Regulation on insurance matters (Articles 10-16) are complex and often misunderstood. Now theContinue Reading
The CJEU has been very generous with airline passengers when it comes to applying the rules on jurisdiction in theContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. It contains a number ofContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. It contains a number of insightful articlesContinue Reading
Facts An Austrian national (A) was born in 1975 as a woman. In 2010, at A’s request, the Austrian authoritiesContinue Reading
It is common practice for children to be registered in the country where they are born or where they holdContinue Reading
It had to be anticipated that Brexit would have detrimental consequences for private litigants. Some have nurtured the hope, however,Continue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. It contains a number of insightfulContinue Reading
The most recent issue of the Uniform Law Review contains a number of articles that are interesting from a PILContinue Reading
Issue 5 of 2021 IPRax has been published recently. As usual, it contains a number of insightful articles and case comments.Continue Reading
Jurisdiction over branches (Article 7(5) of the Brussels I bis Regulation) is shrouded in a cloud of mystery. A judgment dated 16Continue Reading
Background In the judgment in TeamBank dated 19 January 2019, the CJEU ruled that Article 14 of the Rome IContinue Reading
This post was drafted by Paul Eichmüller and Matthias Lehmann. Almost six years after the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal became public,Continue Reading
On 12 May 2021, the Court of Justice rendered its long-awaited judgment in the case Vereniging van Effectenbezitters v. BP.Continue Reading
In a judgment dated 10 December 2020, the German Federal Court restricted the provision tax advice on German soil. TheContinue Reading
As the dust settles, the consequences of the British departure from the EU are becoming clearer, including those for BritishContinue Reading
On Friday, 23 April 2021, we informed our readers about an article on the legal aspects of a possible claimContinue Reading
The latest edition of the Spanish journal La Ley (No 90 March 2021) contains an interesting article about the contractContinue Reading
The public policy exception is used as a shield to protect fundamental domestic values in case of a contradiction betweenContinue Reading
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises… William Shakespeare Yesterday has been an emotional rollercoaster forContinue Reading
On 8 April 2020, the UK formally applied to accede to the Lugano Convention. The one year period recommended forContinue Reading
Which conflict-of-laws rule is the most appropriate for the blockchain? This fundamental question is part of two parallel targeted consultationContinue Reading
It is well-known that the Succession Regulation contains specific rules relating to succession agreements in its Article 25. Inter alia,Continue Reading
The Journal for European, Private International and Comparative Law (Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung – ZfRV) just releasedContinue Reading
Update — In light of the interest triggered by this post, an on-line symposium has been organised on this blogContinue Reading
On 4 November 2020, the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) ruled on the applicability of the consumer jurisdiction under Article 18Continue Reading
On 10 December 2020, the CJEU decided in the case of A. B. and B. B. v Personal Exchange International LimitedContinue Reading
By a judgment of 18 November 2020 in the case Ryanair v DelayFix, the CJEU has ruled that an assigneeContinue Reading
The EAPIL Blog hosts today two posts on the ruling of the Court of Justice in E.E., a case regardingContinue Reading
Tilman Imm has written a thesis on the mechanism of equivalence in Financial and Capital Markets Law (Der finanz- und kapitalmarktrechtlicheContinue Reading
A new monograph written in German deals with cross-border insurance brokerage in the Single Market (Christian Rüsing, Grenzüberschreitende Versicherungsvermittlung imContinue Reading
As reported in this blog, the CJEU gave on 9 July 2020 its long-awaited judgment in VKI v Volkswagen (CaseContinue Reading
The number of transnational couples continuously increases within the European Union. At the same time, there are still large differencesContinue Reading
One consequence of the Europeanisation of private international law is the need to examine and characterise certain phenomena, which haveContinue Reading
The Centre of Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University London is publishing a new journal, the Transnational Commercial LawContinue Reading
The Diesel scandal has produced a wave of litigation word-wide. We are still waiting for the CJEU’s decision on whetherContinue Reading
The German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) rendered an important ruling on jurisdiction and applicable law in claims against internet portals publishingContinue Reading
Felix M. Wilke has published a well-researched, innovative and thought-provoking book titled A Conceptual Analysis of Private International Law (Intersentia, 2019).Continue Reading
On 6 April 2020, the High Court of England and Wales handed down its judgment in the VW NOx EmissionsContinue Reading
Brexit and its legal consequences was the topic of an earlier post in this blog, suggesting the United Kingdom should joinContinue Reading
On 25 and 26 September 2020, the University of Bonn will host a conference titled The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention: ProspectsContinue Reading
On 2 April 2020, the conclusions of Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona in Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Volkswagen (Case C-343/19) were published. They addContinue Reading
The raising of a problem child The creation of the European Patent Court has been fraught with difficulties. After SpainContinue Reading
Courts in the EU increasingly issue injunctions against anti-suit injunctions, or “anti-anti-suit injunctions”. We have already read in this blogContinue Reading
This is the second in a series of posts aimed to explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis on theContinue Reading
On 13 February 2020, the CJEU ruled again on the competence of the court to hear passenger compensation claims underContinue Reading
On 29 January 2020, the Rechtbank Rotterdam (a Dutch court of first instance) ruled on the law applicable to claimsContinue Reading
Which rules are more important to determine the protection of weaker parties in financial disputes – the Brussels I bisContinue Reading
Today, 31 January 2020, at midnight (11 PM GMT), the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. This is aContinue Reading
The European Order for Payment (EOP) is an efficient tool against recalcitrant debtors. The conditions for the order’s issuance areContinue Reading