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The Experts’ Group on the Parentage/Surrogacy Project of the Hage Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has issued its FinalContinue Reading
The third issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition toContinue Reading
The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration – A Commentary, authored by Gilles Cuniberti, has just been published byContinue Reading
The author of this post is Cristina González Beilfuss (University of Barcelona). The MPA case (Case C-501/20), decided by the CJEUContinue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 2 December 2022, from 4 pm to 5.30 pm (MET), EAPIL will holdContinue Reading
The Research Group on Private International Law of the University of Silesia (Poland) organizes a conference titled Ukraine-Poland. The ChoiceContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Caroline Sophie Rupp, who is a professor at the University of Kiel. To vary anContinue Reading
Symeon Symeonides (Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law at Willamette University – College of Law) has made available onContinue Reading
In the space of two weeks, two doctoral theses on arbitral jurisdiction will be publicly defended at the Stockholm University.Continue Reading
Dominique Bureau (University of Paris II Panthéon Assas) and Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Law school) have published earlier thisContinue Reading
A recent Briefing paper titled Updating the European digital identity framework, authored by Mar Negreiro and Maria Niestadt (from theContinue Reading
This is the last post in the series dedicated to the empirical analysis of the ECJ’s case law in theContinue Reading
This post was written by Pietro Franzina and Thalia Kruger, and is being published simultaneously on Conflictoflaws.net and on theContinue Reading
As announced in the first post in this series, I will continue my empirical analysis of the ECJ’s case lawContinue Reading
The fourth issue of the Journal du droit international for 2022 has just been released. While it contains a numberContinue Reading
Aygun Mammadzada (Swansea University) will be the main speaker at the upcoming MECSI Seminar, scheduled to take place on 22Continue Reading
I am coming back to the topic of a recent post published on this blog, where I analyzed the trends emergingContinue Reading
Advocate General Szpunar’s opinion on C-651/21 – М. Ya. M. (Renonciation à la succession d’un cohéritier) was published last Thursday.Continue Reading
The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the summer course of Private International Law ofContinue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 2 December 2022, from 4 pm to 5.30 pm (MET), EAPIL will holdContinue Reading
It is becoming a tradition for the EAPIL blog to announce the publication of the PAX Moot. It is nowContinue Reading
On 18 October 2022, the European Commission adopted its 2023 Work Programme. As explained in the press release that accompaniesContinue Reading
This post, written by Pascal de Vareilles Sommières, who is a Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, isContinue Reading
This post was written by Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, Vienna. The Austrian Constitutional Court proceeds further on the way to equal treatmentContinue Reading
Filip Šaranović (Queen Mary University of London) is the author of Freezing Injunctions in Private International Law, recently published byContinue Reading
On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, a Special Commission devoted to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 onContinue Reading
This is the second and final part of a post contributed by Estelle Gallant, regarding the provisions on parentage inContinue Reading
This November, more precisely on Tuesday 15, The Court will hand down the decision in C-646/20, Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport,Continue Reading
This post, written by Estelle Gallant, who is a Professor at the University of Toulouse Capitole, is the sixth inContinue Reading
Diego Zambrano, Mariah Mastrodimos and Sergio Valente (Stanford Law School) have posted The Full Faith and Credit Clause and theContinue Reading
Prompted by a kind invitation to participate in the International Weekend of ABILA (American Branch of the International Law Association,Continue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. On 20 OctoberContinue Reading
This post was written by Hans van Loon. As reported in this blog before the European Commission on 23 February 2022Continue Reading
Jonathan Harris and Campbell McLachlan are the editors of Essays in International Litigation for Lord Collins (OUP, 2022). As itsContinue Reading
In its judgment in the case of ROI Land Investments, C-604/20, rendered on 20 October 2022, the CJEU discussed two keyContinue Reading
The infamous Wirecard scandal, which involved a German public limited company (AG) reporting non-existing assets and earnings to the tuneContinue Reading
Symeon Symeonides (Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law at Willamette University – College of Law) has made available onContinue Reading
Luís de Lima Pinheiro (University of Lisbon) has posted The Spatial Reach of Injunctions for Privacy and Personal Data ProtectionContinue Reading
Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki – SIN (Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative) is a A Polish association that conducts educational activities onContinue Reading
Sierd J. Schaafsma (Justice of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands) is the author of Intellectual Property in the ConflictContinue Reading
The author of this post is Michele Casi, Post-doc, DILHPS Università degli Studi di Milano, and researcher involved in theContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Jeremy Heymann, who is Professor of Law at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. On 29Continue Reading
On Friday, 2 December 2022, at 4 pm, EAPIL will hold an online seminar on the Rome II Regulation. TheContinue Reading
On 15 September 2022, the CJEU ruled in Uniqa Versicherungen AG v. VU (Case C‑18/21) that national COVID legislation postponingContinue Reading
According to Article 7 point 1 of the Brussels I bis Regulation, proceedings in matters relating to a contract mayContinue Reading
The second issue of 2022 of the Journal of Private International Law is out. It contains the following articles: ThaliaContinue Reading
Between 24 and 27 October 2022, an international congress on the impacts of the war in Ukraine will take placeContinue Reading
José Angelo Estrella Faria (UNCITRAL) has published his Hague Lectures on the protection of religious cultural property in public internationalContinue Reading
The Journal of Private International Law will be holding its 9th Conference at the Singapore Management University from 3 toContinue Reading
A quick update related to the public consultation launched by the French Ministry of Justice last June on the draft code ofContinue Reading
All private international law events at the Court of Justice this month will take place on the same day, namelyContinue Reading
Priskila Pratita Penasthika (Assistant Professor in Private International Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia) has just published herContinue Reading
The second issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition toContinue Reading
Perry Dane (Rutgers) law schools has posted Party Autonomy and the Challenge of Choice of Law on SSRN. The abstractContinue Reading
In a judgment of 12 January 2022, the French Supreme Court for civil and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruledContinue Reading
A collection of essays in honour of Haimo Schack (Ius Vivum: Kunst – Internationales – Persönlichkeit: Festschrift für Haimo Schack zum 70. Geburtstag)Continue Reading
This post was written by Robert Vogelauer, Vienna. In a decision of 27 January 2022 the Austrian Supreme Court ruledContinue Reading
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
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (3/2022) is out. It contains three articles relating to the French project ofContinue Reading
The author of this post is Francesca Maoli, who is a Researcher at the University of Genova. The Brussels IIContinue Reading
A monograph titled Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships. The role of ordre public, written by Laima Vaige, a senior lecturerContinue Reading
Private international lawyers and the ECJ are bound by a love-hate relationship: one single judgment delivered by the latter mayContinue Reading
Olaf Meyer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences) edited a book titled Public Policy and Private International Law – A ComparativeContinue Reading
Georgina Garriga Suau and Christopher Whytock have recently published a paper on SSRN, entitled “Choice of Law for Immovable PropertyContinue Reading
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is offering several three- to six-month legal internshipsContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Thomas Mastrullo, who is an Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Luxembourg.Continue Reading
Florence Guillaume and Swen Riva (University of Neuchatel) have posted Blockchain Dispute Resolution for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: The Rise ofContinue Reading
Cross-Border Litigation in Central Europe – EU Private International Law Before National Court, is the tile of a collection of essays,Continue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. In IRnova (C-399/21),Continue Reading
The Danish Supreme Court held in a judgment of 31 May 2022 (case 134/2018), that Danish law should be applied forContinue Reading
The DynamInt Research Group at Humboldt University (located in the heart of Berlin, close to the Brandenburg Gate) invites internationalContinue Reading
The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2022 was released in July. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS) will host a conference, jointly organised with the Société de Législation Comparée, underContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Lorenz Eichmüller, University of Vienna. Austrian law provides for an international forum necessitatis inContinue Reading
A quick update related to the insolvency regulation (Regulation 2015/848): on 30 August 2022 the Commission adopted Decision (EU) 2022/1437Continue Reading
Those in Luxembourg on 8 September 2022 may want to attend the hearing in case C-393/21, Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey.Continue Reading
On 19 September 2022, within the framework of the EU-FamPro Project, a conference titled Couples’ Property with Cross-Border Implications: Uniting AcademicContinue Reading
The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) is conducting an online consultation on the draft Model LawContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Dr. Vincent Richard, who practices with Wurth Kinsch Olinger in Luxembourg. The end of theContinue Reading
The European Commission has announced that the European Union and Ukraine both joined the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention today. MoreContinue Reading
Following the abolition of exequatur by the Brussels I bis Regulation (Article 39), a new model (application for refusal ofContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) will be published on 1 September 2022. ItContinue Reading
This post was authored by François Mailhé, who is Professor of Private Law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.Continue Reading
GRUR International (Journal of European and International IP Law) has recently published an article by Pedro De Miguel Asensio titledContinue Reading
This post was written by Stefan Leible and Felix M. Wilke (both University of Bayreuth). It is the fourth inContinue Reading
A conference titled The Brussels I bis Reform will take place on 9 September 2022, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pmContinue Reading
The 9th Annual International Arbitration Lecture organised by Roma Tre University and Unidroit, will be held at Unidroit, in Rome,Continue Reading
A book titled Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction. The Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings edited by Katarina Trimmings,Continue Reading
The French Ministry of Justice has launched a series of podcasts titled Droit vers l’Europe, presenting key-aspects of EU JudicialContinue Reading
Oxford University Press has recently published the secondo edition of European Cross-Border Insolvency Law, by Reinhard Bork and Renato Mangano. The blurbContinue Reading
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission published a set of Questions and Answers (Q&As) to clarify the practical implementation ofContinue Reading
The Academy of European Law (ERA) will held its Annual Conference on European Family Law on 22-23 September 2022 .Continue Reading
On 13 September 2022, the French Société de législation comparée will hold a conference on ascertainment of foreign law underContinue Reading
In spite of the vacation period, several judgments have been handed down on 1 August 2022. One of them concernsContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
Professor Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg has retired after having been professor in private international law at Uppsala University in Sweden for 23Continue Reading
The new issue of the International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Volume 71, Issue 3) is out. As usually, some of articles concernContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Lorenz Eichmüller, Vienna. After the Austrian Supreme Court had filed a reference for aContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog won’t stop running during the Summer, but new posts will come out at a slower pace inContinue Reading
The Permanent Bureau is looking for one intern for the period September to December 2022 or September 2022 to FebruaryContinue Reading
In a judgment of 16 June 2022 (case T 3379-21) the Swedish Supreme Court held that the United Nation’s 1956Continue Reading
The Law Faculty at University of Antwerp is offering a full-time doctoral scholarship in EU Private International Law with aContinue Reading
The yearly seminar on European and Comparative law organized by the Centre of European Legal Studies (CELS) in Urbino (Italy)Continue Reading
This is the most important take of the judgment delivered on 7 July 2022 in LKW WALTER Internationale Transportorganisation AGContinue Reading
On 23 June 2022, the Lisbon Guidelines on Privacy, drawn up by the ILA Committee on the Protection of PrivacyContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) will be published on 1 July 2022. ItContinue Reading
After more than 3 years of active involvement in the EAPIL Young Research Network, which she had co-founded together withContinue Reading
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the university Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgmentContinue Reading
Alex Mills (University College London) published a working paper on the role of territoriality in Private International Law. This isContinue Reading
As announced in this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite young scholars toContinue Reading
The Swedish Labour Court held on 1 June 2022 (interim decision AD 2022 No. 33) that an industrial action takenContinue Reading
Stefania Bariatti (University of Milan), Ilaria Viarengo (University of Milan) and Francesca C. Villata (University of Milan) edited a bookContinue Reading
Due to the summer holiday, July 2022 will be a brief month at the Court in terms of delivery ofContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Lorenz Eichmüller, University of Vienna. Austrian civil procedure law contains a provision that requiresContinue Reading
Just a few days have passed since the team of the EAPIL blog welcomed Erik Sinander as a new editor.Continue Reading
On 19 May 2022, the CJEU rendered an inadmissibility order in case C-722/21, Frontera Capital. The request for a preliminaryContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Fabienne Jault-Seseke, who is Professor at University Paris Saclay (UVSQ), and a member of GEDIP.Continue Reading
Elena D’Alessandro and Fernando Gascón Inchausti are the editors of The European Account Preservation Order – A Commentary on Regulation (EU)Continue Reading
Following the release of a draft code of private international law (announced here), the French Ministry of Justice has launchedContinue Reading
Council Decision (EU) 2022/1022 of 9 June 2022 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the ProtocolContinue Reading
This is the third contribution to an online symposium on the ruling of the European Court of Justice, of 20Continue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (2/2022) is out. The editorial by Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences PoContinue Reading
The readers of this blog are already aware that the University of Bonn plans to host a two-day conference on theContinue Reading
A new member has joined the editorial team of the EAPIL blog: Erik Sinander. Erik is a senior lecturer inContinue Reading
The Swedish Supreme Court held in a decision of 8 April 2022 (case Ö 4651-21) that a defendant domiciled inContinue Reading
The first issue of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale of 2022 is out. It features two essaysContinue Reading
The Interest Group on Private International Law of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI) will host two webinars – oneContinue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, Senior lecturer at the Stockholm University. Jurisdiction over foreign patent disputes is againContinue Reading
This is the second contribution to an online symposium on the ruling of the European Court of Justice, of 20Continue Reading
The post below was written by Adrian Briggs QC, who is Professor of Private International Law Emeritus at the UniversityContinue Reading
The Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) has been engaging in work related to judgments recognition and enforcement in AsiaContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the final conference of the DXB – Identities on the move – Documents cross bordersContinue Reading
In the context of the Vici project Affordable Access to Justice at Erasmus School of Law (financed by the DutchContinue Reading
This is an update on my monthly post on the Court of Justice of the European Union, in order toContinue Reading
Lydia Lundstedt (University of Stockholm) has posted Gtflix TV V Dr: ‘Same Ole Same Ole’ or Has the CJEU BrokenContinue Reading
The JUDGTUST Project (Regulation BIa: a standard for free circulation of judgments and mutual trust in the EU) conducted byContinue Reading
Michael Karayanni (Bruce W. Wayne Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) published the special course heContinue Reading
The author of this post is Etienne Farnoux, who is a professor of law at the University of Strasbourg. HeContinue Reading
On 2 June 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down another judgment interpreting the EU Succession Regulation.Continue Reading
This post was contributed by Francesco Pesce, who is an associate professor at the University of Genoa. The very firstContinue Reading
Ilaria Pretelli, a legal adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, has recently posted on SSRN her paper titledContinue Reading
On 2 June 2022, the CJEU ruled in Case C-196/21 that courts are not ‘applicants’ in the meaning of ArticleContinue Reading
The University of Bretagne – Loire, France, is seeking to recruit a doctoral candidate to conduct research on ex officioContinue Reading
Matthias Weller (University of Bonn) has published the special course that he gave at the Hague Academy in Volume 423Continue Reading
The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2022 has just been released. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog is reporting about the Association’s founding conference in Aarhus by dedicated posts published at the end ofContinue Reading
The General Assembly of the European Association of Private International Law met in Aarhus on 3 June 2022 in theContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog is reporting about the Association’s founding conference in Aarhus by dedicated posts published at the end ofContinue Reading
On 15 and 16 June 2022, the University of Zaragoza will host an online conference under the title Challenges ofContinue Reading
Regulation (EU) 2022/850 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a computerised system for theContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog will report about the Association’s founding conference in Aarhus by a dedicated post at the end ofContinue Reading
June 2022 starts at the Court of Justice with the publication of two decisions of PIL interest this Thursday, 2Continue Reading
Mukarrum Ahmed (University of Lancaster) authored a book titled Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English CourtsContinue Reading
EAPIL has established a working group on Reforming Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis). In the light of theContinue Reading
The EAPIL founding conference is now just a few days away. As the readers of this blog know, the event will take placeContinue Reading
Edward Elgar has recently published the second edition of Gilles Cuniberti’s Conflict of Law – A Comparative Approach. Now inContinue Reading
Private International Law areas of knowledge of the Universities Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona), Barcelona and Lleida have organised the IContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. As always, it contains aContinue Reading
This is the second of a series of posts on the French draft code of private international law of March 2022.Continue Reading
On 23 and 24 February 2023, the fourth German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law will be heldContinue Reading
Stephan Madaus (Professor at Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg) has made available on SSRN an interesting paper under the title The Cross-BorderContinue Reading
On 14 and 15 May 2022 the EAPIL Young Research Network has successfully held a conference on Jurisdiction Over Non-EU Defendants – Should theContinue Reading
On 12 May 2022, the Court of Justice handed down the judgement in the WJ case (C-644/20) interpreting the Hague Protocol of 2007Continue Reading
In his PhD thesis Normen als tatsächliche Umstände (Rules as factual circumstances), published in 2021, Alexander Kronenberg analysis how overriding mandatory provisionsContinue Reading
Alfonso-Luis Calvo Caravaca (University Carlos III of Madrid) and Javier Carrascosa González (University of Murcia), together with the other authorsContinue Reading
The first meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and on theContinue Reading
Guido Westkamp (Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute) has posted In it for the Money? Academic Publishing, Open Access andContinue Reading
The Ravenna Campus of the Department of Juridical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy) has organised in Ravenna (andContinue Reading
Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday have edited A Guide to Global Private International Law. The book has just been published by Hart /Continue Reading
A conference on the location of damage in private international law will be held at Paris Cité University on 30Continue Reading
Through a comfort letter, one party promises to indemnify a creditor if the latter’s debtor does not pay. This isContinue Reading
This is the first in a series of posts on the French draft code of private international law of MarchContinue Reading
In July 2018, the French Minister of Justice invited Jean-Pierre Ancel, a former judge of the Cour de cassation (FrenchContinue Reading
A web conference regarding the role of the internet and other technologies within the EU and the international legal orderContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the Journal of Private International Law-Singapore Management University Virtual Conference on Conflicts of Jurisdiction willContinue Reading
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, commonly known as ‘SLAPPs’, are a particular form of harassment used primarily against journalists andContinue Reading
On 13 May 2022 the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will host a conference on theContinue Reading
The Private International Law Festival will take place on 16 and 17 May 2022 in Edinburgh. The topics that willContinue Reading
As reported in a recent post, Germany has on 29 April 2022 instituted proceedings against Italy before the International CourtContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the VIII Congress of Private International Law of the University Carlos III of Madrid willContinue Reading
On behalf of the European Commission (DG JUST), Milieu Consulting is conducting a study on the application of Regulation (EU)Continue Reading
On 29 April 2022, Germany instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice against Italy for allegedly failing to respect itsContinue Reading
The Court of Justice of the EU has recently handed down another judgement interpreting the Succession Regulation. The judgement inContinue Reading
The author of this post is Jachin Van Doninck, Lecturer in civil procedure, private international law and ADR at the VrijeContinue Reading
On 19 April 2022, the European Commission has launched a new page on the e-Justice Portal concerning children from UkraineContinue Reading
May 2022 starts with the hearing in C-354/21 Registrų centras, on Regulation n° 650/2012, next Wednesday. In the case atContinue Reading
In 1971, the American Law Institute published the epochal Restatement of Conflict of Laws (Second). Now, a new version isContinue Reading
Within the activities of the Jean Monnet Module “CoRiMaR” (Consumer’s Rights and Market Regulation in the European Union), the DepartmentContinue Reading
On 23 February 2022, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate SustainabilityContinue Reading
On 5 and 12 May 2022 the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law will host an on-line conference titled Family Status,Continue Reading
Zohra Mchirgui (University of Tunis) has published a monograph on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements under the 2005 Hague ConventionContinue Reading
On 30 June and 1 July 2022 the University of Amsterdam will host the 4th International Class Action Conference. TheContinue Reading
A new book on civil enforcement entitled Civil Enforcement in a Comparative Perspective by Wendy Kennett (Senior Lecturer in Law atContinue Reading
Christopher A. Whytock (University of California at Irvine School of law) has posted Transnational Litigation in U.S. Courts: A Theoretical andContinue Reading
While reflecting once more about the efforts to reach a forum-ius parallelism via interpretation of the grounds for jurisdiction andContinue Reading
As the readers of this blog know, the EAPIL founding conference will take place in Aarhus on 2, 3 andContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Yuliya Chernykh, who is associate professor in law at the Inland Norway University of AppliedContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (1/2022) is out. In an opening article, Paul Lagarde paysContinue 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 Radboud University Nijmegen is organising a hybrid conference on 9-10 June 2022 dedicated to The Role of Courts andContinue Reading
In a judgment of 11 May 2021 (Stetsov v. Ukraine; final version: 11 August 2021), the European Court of HumanContinue Reading
A series of online seminars has been in launched in December 2021, organised by the team of the Vici projectContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Vincent Richard, who practices with Wurth Kinsch Olinger in Luxembourg. On 7 April 2022, the CourtContinue Reading
Toni Marzal and George Pavlakos (both from University of Glasgow) posted recently on SSRN their article titled A Relations-First ApproachContinue Reading
The final conference of the JUDGTRUST project on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation will take place inContinue Reading
Ansgar Ohly (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) wrote an interesting article addressing matters of jurisdiction and choice of law in tradeContinue Reading
Since the Millennium, public interest litigation has become a growing phenomenon in civil courts. Activists and NGOs are filing civil lawsuits,Continue Reading
In February 2022, a Working Group has been established within the European Association of Private International Law. The task ofContinue Reading
On 7 April 2022, the Court will deliver the judgment in C-568/20, H Limited. The request, with three questions, wasContinue Reading
On 31 March 2022, the EU Commission disclosed that it has been working on a proposal for a bilateral treatyContinue Reading
The author of this post is Martina Mantovani, Phd Candidate at the University Panthéon-Assas. Climate change litigation has increased dramaticallyContinue Reading
The author of this post is Julian Henrique Dias Rodrigues, lawyer in Lisbon. On 27 January 2022, the Lisbon CourtContinue Reading
In this post, Marylou Françoise presents her doctoral work on the role of courts in choice of law from anContinue Reading
In 2019 in Würzburg a group of young researchers from several EU Member States met for a comparative Private InternationalContinue Reading
Several French learned societies (International Arbitration Institute, Comité français de l’arbitrage, Comité français de droit international privé, French Branch ofContinue Reading
Guillaume Laganière – Professor of Law at the Université du Québec à Montréal – has recently published a monograph (basedContinue Reading
The EAPIL founding conference is fast approaching! The conference will take place onsite in Aarhus on 2, 3 and 4Continue Reading
This post was contributed by Guillaume Payan, who is Law Professor at the University of Toulon. Under the direction ofContinue Reading
The VIII Congress of Private International Law of the University Carlos III of Madrid will take place on 12 andContinue Reading
Stefan Grundmann (Professor of Transnational Law and Theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and Professor of Private and BusinessContinue Reading
The Charles De Visscher Center for International and European Law (CeDIE, UCLouvain, Belgium) will host a conference on Surrogacy andContinue Reading
As announced a few days ago on this blog, a dedicated page has been created in the website of theContinue Reading
The editors of the Italian Review of International and Comparative Law (IRIC) welcomes papers from scholars and practitioners at allContinue Reading
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the university Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgmentContinue Reading
The Institute for Private International and Comparative Law of the University of Cologne, directed by Heinz-Peter Mansel, is looking toContinue Reading
On 15 March 2022, Marta Requejo (Référendaire at the CJEU; Professor of Private International Law at the University of LaContinue Reading
On 1 January 2021, the divorce between the United Kingdom and the European Union became effective. Where do we standContinue Reading
The EAPIL Board has been closely monitoring the evolving situation in Ukraine during the past two weeks and established contactContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. As always, it contains aContinue Reading
The webinar What Measures Should the EU Adopt to Enhance the Protection of Adults in Europe? announced earlier on this blog,Continue Reading
This post was contributed by Christine Bidaud, who is Professor at the University Jean Moulin – Lyon 3, co-director of theContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Eichmüller and Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, University of Vienna. In a recent decision, the Austrian SupremeContinue Reading
The Special Interest Group on Family and Succession Law of the European Law Institute will host a series of webinarsContinue Reading
The EAPIL Young Research Network is looking forward to welcoming the academic and research community to the beautiful city ofContinue Reading
On 2 March 2022 the US signed the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement ofContinue Reading
Shuai Guo (China University of Political Science and Law of Beijing) authored a book titled Recognition of Foreign Bank Resolution Actions,Continue Reading
As announced a few weeks ago, the European Association of Private International Law has set up a Working Group charged withContinue Reading
In March 2022 the Court of Justice will publish three judgments and three opinions. Judgments The decisions correspond to casesContinue Reading
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the university Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgmentContinue Reading
The European Expertise and Expert Institute (EEEI) is seeking to recruit a project assistant for a part time position toContinue Reading
The Assas International Law Review (Revue de droit international d’Assas) is an open access online journal published once a yearContinue Reading
The environment is on – almost – everybody’s mind. In particular companies committed to sustainable investment are becoming an increasinglyContinue Reading
Gary Born (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) and Cem Kalelioglu (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) contributedContinue Reading
The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite young scholars to present the outcome of theirContinue Reading
The French Committee of Private International Law is looking for a part-time assistant (35 hours per year). His/her main tasksContinue Reading
The European Association of Private International Law learnt with great sadness the passing of Peter Mankowski. The editors of the EAPILContinue Reading
This memorial was contributed by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus. On 10 February 2022 Peter Mankowski passed away, entirely unexpected atContinue Reading
Rhona Schuz (Bar-Ilan University) has published an article Comparative Law and the Work of The Hague Conference on Private InternationalContinue Reading
The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2022 has just been released. It contains three articles and several caseContinue Reading
The provisions of the Brussels I bis Regulation on insurance matters (Articles 10-16) are complex and often misunderstood. Now theContinue Reading
Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin) has posted on SSRN a preview of her chapter on ‘Cross-Border Protection of HumanContinue Reading
On 5 April 2021, the Greek Supreme Court issued a judgment relating to a dispute between two German companies. The caseContinue Reading
Gilles Cuniberti (University of Luxembourg) and Sara Migliorini (University of Macau) have published a commentary in French on Regulation 655/2014Continue Reading
Francesco Parisi (Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, Law School and a Professor of Economics at the UniversityContinue Reading
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Samuel P. Baumgartner (University of Zürich) and Christopher A. Whytock (University of Irvine) have posted Enforcement of Judgments, Systematic Calibration,Continue Reading
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On 20 December 2021, the Supreme Court of the UK delivered its judgment in Maduro Board of the Central BankContinue Reading
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The Journal of Private International Law and the Singapore Management University will hold a virtual conference on 23 to 24Continue Reading
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The Rijeka Doctoral Conference of 2021, organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka, features a severalContinue Reading
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The new edition of the Commentary on EU-Zivilprozessrecht: EuZPR authored by Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Schlosser, Emeritus at the LudwigContinue Reading
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A new issue of the online Belgian Revue de droit international prive / Tijdschrift voor internationaal privaatrecht is now available.Continue Reading
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On 15 October 2021, the two Rapporteurs of the European Parliament, Emil Radev and Nuno Melo (following a Joint committeeContinue Reading
On 12 October 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in J.C. and Others v. Belgium (onlyContinue Reading
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Volume 415 of the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law published with Brill is dedicated to Mr.Continue Reading
A new version of the Insolvency Registers Interconnection search interface is now available on the e-Justice Portal. Background The EU-wideContinue Reading
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Only one judgment on PIL matters, namely the one in C-581/20, TOTO (first chamber: judges Bonichot, Bay Larsen, Safjan, JääskinenContinue Reading
The University of Strasbourg will host a conference on Mutual Trust in the Area of Justice, Freedom and Security (LaContinue Reading
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The proceedings of the conferences held under the aegis of the French Committee of Private International Law for the periodContinue Reading
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This is the third post of an online symposium on the recent judgment of the CJEU in Vereniging van EffectenbezittersContinue Reading
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In June 2021 the CJEU will rule on in two cases of interest for private international law. On 3 JuneContinue Reading
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Tobias Lutzi (University of Cologne) and Ennio Piovesani (University of Turin) have taken over the responsibility of chairing the EAPILContinue Reading
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A webinar titled 1981-2021: 40 Years Since the Accession of the Hellenic Republic to the EU – The Impact on theContinue Reading
On 12 May 2021, the Court of Justice rendered its long-awaited judgment in the case Vereniging van Effectenbezitters v. BP.Continue Reading
From 9 to 11 September 2021, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law will host a conferenceContinue Reading
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For several years, Greek scholars and practitioners had no access to a periodical in Greek specialized in Private International LawContinue Reading
On 17 May 2021 (from 5 to 7 pm CET), the French Supreme Court in civil and criminal matters (CourContinue Reading
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A joint publication of the Secretariats of UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and the HCCH, titled Legal Guide to Uniform Instruments in theContinue Reading
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The new issue of the AJ Contrat (12/2020) offers a series of articles (in French) compiled by Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nîmes,Continue Reading
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As announced earlier on this blog, the EAPIL Founding Conference will eventually take place on 2, 3 and 4 June 2022Continue Reading
On 15 and 16 April 2021, the GLaw Research Network (Maastricht University) will host an online workshop on Article 47 of theContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (1/2021) is out. It contains four articles and numerous case notes.Continue Reading
Laura Carpaneto, Stefano Dominelli and Chiara Enrica Tuo (all University of Genova) have edited Brussels I bis Regulation and SpecialContinue Reading
Andrea Bonomi and Patrick Wautelet have authored an article-by-article commentary, in French, of Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1104 on the propertyContinue Reading
Which conflict-of-laws rule is the most appropriate for the blockchain? This fundamental question is part of two parallel targeted consultationContinue Reading
On 24 March 2021 the Court of Justice issued a judgement in the case of SS v MCP, C-603/20 PPU, whichContinue Reading
I am not especially keen on celebrating anniversaries. However, as things stand now in the European Union I thought itContinue Reading
In September 2020, the First President of the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de Cassation), Ms ChantalContinue Reading
Ilaria Pretelli (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, University of Urbino) has posted Protecting Digital Platform Users by Means of Private International LawContinue Reading
It is well-known that the Succession Regulation contains specific rules relating to succession agreements in its Article 25. Inter alia,Continue Reading
Due to the uncertainties regarding the corona situation, the Scientific Council of EAPIL has decided to postpone the Aarhus EAPILContinue Reading
On 26 and 29 March 2021, the European Commission will host a webinar on the use of artificial intelligence technologiesContinue Reading
COVID – or rather, its consequences on legal relationships – has arrived to the CJEU in the form of aContinue Reading
Kurt Siehr (formerly MPI Hamburg) has posted Mandatory Rules of Third States: from Ole Lando to Contemporary European Private International Law onContinue Reading
In Re G (Abduction: Consent/Discretion) judgment issued on 9 February 2021 the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) of England andContinue Reading