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On 17 October 2023, the European Commission adopted its 2024 work programme. As explained in a press release, the programmeContinue Reading
The author of this post is Carlos Santaló Goris, lecturer at the Centre for Judges and Lawyers of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Dr Mihail Danov, Associate Professor at the University of Exeter, has accepted the invitation of the editors of the blogContinue Reading
The author of this post is Kleopatra Koutouzi (Attorney-at-Law / In-house legal Counsel at Aims Shipping Corporation and External CollaboratorContinue Reading
This post has been written by Dr Bobby Lindsay, Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He is the author ofContinue Reading
On 23 November 2023, the UK Ministry of Justice published its response to the consultation on whether the UK shouldContinue Reading
The Children’s Rights Academy at the University of Geneva offers an executive training programme on Civil Aspects of International ChildContinue Reading
A Russian father, who was long since separated from the mother of his children in Russia, came to Finland withContinue Reading
On 4 December 2023, at 6 p.m. CET, a free webinar will take place in preparation of the 2024 inauguralContinue Reading
A seminar series on the recast of Brussels I bis Regulation, organized by the Research Centre for Private International LawContinue Reading
A post published a few days ago on this blog presented, and briefly discussed, the private international law issues raisedContinue Reading
Dear readers, dear EAPIL Members, You might have received the email below, from gilles.cuniberti@gmx.de. This is a fraud, please doContinue Reading
This is the second of a series of posts which will present how the issue of the applicable law toContinue Reading
This post has been written by Jacco Bomhoff (LSE), Uglješa Grušić (UCL), and Manuel Penades (KCL). As previously announced, the LSEContinue Reading
The Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law (IACPIL) is hosting a conference titled “Legal Protection of Vulnerable AdultsContinue Reading
While EU harmonization in matters of parenthood is approaching, following the Commission’s proposal of last year [COM (2022) 695 final],Continue Reading
The Yukos saga is a gift that keeps on giving. Following the nationalisation of Yukos in 2007, former shareholders commencedContinue Reading
The fourth issue of the Journal du droit international for 2023 has been released. It contains three articles and severalContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
An online conference titled The Institution of the Family – Tradition, Reform, Uniformity and Perspectives will take place on 4Continue Reading
This post has been written by Sanja Marjanović (Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia) and Uglješa Grušić (UCL). TheContinue Reading
Indi Gregory is an eight-month-old child. She suffers from profound metabolic, neurological and cardiological disorders. At the time of writingContinue Reading
Ronald A. Brand, Michael S. Coffee and Paul Herrup are the authors of The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, published byContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The following abstracts have beenContinue Reading
The PAX Moot case for the 2024 moot competition on private international law is now out. The 2024 Round isContinue Reading
The author of this post is Costanza Honorati, professor of EU law and private international law at the University ofContinue Reading
It does not happen often that an arbitral award is successfully challenged in England for serious irregularity under section 68Continue Reading
After the first successful conference in Aarhus in 2022, the next conference of the European Association of Private International LawContinue Reading
In November 2023, the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Justice, with C. Lycourgos presiding and O. Spineau-Matei reporting, willContinue Reading
This is the first of a series of posts which will present how the issue of the applicable law toContinue Reading
The third issue of 2023 of the Dutch Journal of Private International Law (Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht) is out. It features theContinue Reading
The second and the third issue of 2023 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) are out. The secondContinue Reading
Claimants suing multinational enterprises for business-related human rights abuses have recently had a good run in England. The Supreme CourtContinue Reading
The Roma Tre University and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart have jointly organised a conference titled The ItalianContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the inaugural edition of the European Association of Private International Law Winter School will takeContinue Reading
On 12 October 2023, the Court of Justice of the EU, following an Opinion of the Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona, handedContinue Reading
The Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercialContinue Reading
Where England is not the natural forum for the trial of the substantive dispute, the English court should not, asContinue Reading
In its Communication Ensuring justice in the EU – a European judicial training strategy for 2021-2024, the European Commission underlinedContinue Reading
Alex Mills and I are pleased to announce that, alongside the UCL Faculty of Laws Research Scholarships which are openContinue Reading
The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the summer course of Private International Law ofContinue Reading
This post was written by Mathilde Codazzi, who is a doctoral student at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas. In aContinue Reading
On 16 November 2023 the Lyon 3 University will host a colloquium on the French Draft Code of Private internationalContinue Reading
That London is a global capital for dispute resolution is well known. But even by London standards, Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-SaynContinue Reading
The eighth meeting of the Special Commission set up in the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International LawContinue Reading
Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves (University of Minho) has posted The material limits of the European Succession Regulation on SSRN.Continue Reading
On 20 June 2022, the CJEU rendered its judgment in London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Assistance Association Ltd v Spain. The judgment,Continue Reading
European Law Institute (ELI) has recently launched a new project devoted to the proposal of the EU Regulation on theContinue Reading
The judgment by the CJEU in Club la Costa (decision of 14 September 2023, Case C-821/21), has already been analysedContinue Reading
The group-of-companies doctrine allows attributing obligations of one group member to another. It may also be used to justify aContinue Reading
Lydia Lundstedt, Senior Lecturer in Private International Law at the Stockholm University and in Intellectual Property Law at the Linköping University,Continue Reading
A webinar on early marriages, organised by the Interest Group on Private International Law of SIDI, the Italian Society ofContinue Reading
I have already reported that the UK Supreme Court ruled on the meaning of a “matter” in Article II(3) ofContinue Reading
The Court of Justice will not be extremely busy with private international law this October, but I am pretty sureContinue Reading
The Working Group charged by the Hague Conference on Private International Law with advancing the Jurisdiction Project met in BuenosContinue Reading
On 2 August 2023, Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Claudia Mahler,Continue Reading
This post was written by Nadia Rusinova (Hague University of Applied Sciences). On 12 September 2023 a draft law toContinue Reading
Article II(3) of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (NYC) provides: TheContinue Reading
In a recent article, Pedro de Miguel Asensio points to a seeming contradiction at the heart of EU consumer lawContinue Reading
Jacco Bomhoff (LSE), Manuel Penades (KCL), and I are pleased to announce that the LSE Law School will host aContinue Reading
In a judgment of 28 June 2023, the French Supreme Court for Private and Criminal Matters (Cour de cassation) ruledContinue Reading
On 19 and 20 October 2023, the Academic Research Federation “Europe in Change” (University of Strasbourg) is organising a SymposiumContinue Reading
The Ineradicable Special Consumer Conflicts Rule This post is not about Article 6 Rome I, but about Article 6 ofContinue Reading
On 21 September 2023 at 17 CET Lex&Forum, in collaboration with Εκδοσεισ Σακκουλα – Sakkoulas Publications, will be holding anContinue Reading
The European Association of Private International Law, together with the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University ofContinue Reading
The recently published Volume 428 of the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law includes a course byContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
The post below was written by Giuditta Cordero-Moss, who is a Professor at the Department for Private Law, University ofContinue Reading
The post below was written by Matthias Lehmann, who is Chair for Private Law, International Private Law and Comparative LawContinue Reading
The post below was written by Sylvain Bollée, who is Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. It is the fourth contributionContinue Reading
The post below was written by George A Bermann, who is Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law and Jean Monnet ProfessorContinue Reading
The post below was written by Manuel Penades, who is a Reader in International Commercial Law at King’s College London.Continue Reading
The post below was written by Alex Mills, who is Professor of Public and Private International Law at University CollegeContinue Reading
On 7 September 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in Case C-590/21, Charles Taylor Adjusting that judgementsContinue Reading
London holds the distinction of being a preferred seat for arbitration, making significant developments in English arbitration law of generalContinue Reading
The editorial team of the EAPIL blog has just become a bit larger! Ugljesa Grusic, an Associate Professor at the Faculty ofContinue Reading
The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the winter course on International Law of 2024.Continue Reading
The eleventh edition of the treatise on Droit international privé in the Précis Dalloz series, one of the leading texts on private international lawContinue Reading
This post was written by Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, University of Vienna. On 8 March 2023, the German Supreme Court issued aContinue Reading
Holidays are over and September 2023 will be a busy month at the Court of Justice also as regards privateContinue Reading
On 31 August 2023, the European Court of Human Rights has handed out its decision regarding application in case C.Continue Reading
The author of this post is Chukwuma Okoli, Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws at the University of Birmingham,Continue Reading
The University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research, UCILeR, Portugal, is an investigation center devoted to the analysis of theContinue Reading
Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Law School) has published the lecture that she gave as the 18th Rabel Lecture inContinue Reading
The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2023 was released. It contains three articles and several case notesContinue Reading
Alfonso Luis Calvo Caravaca (University Carlos III of Madrid), Javier Carrascosa González (University of Murcia), María Asunción Cebrián Salvat (UniversityContinue Reading
A new anthology titled Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration has been published in the Hague Academy of International Law’sContinue Reading
On 13 April 2023, the University Paris Dauphine hosted a conference on State Immunity from Enforcement (L’immunité d’exécution de l’Etat). SpeakersContinue Reading
Florence Guillaume (Professor of Private International Law at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and Founder of the LexTech Institute) hasContinue Reading
Joseph Singer (Harvard Law School) has posted Conflict of Abortion Laws on SSRN. The abstract reads: When a resident of an anti-abortionContinue Reading
The Department of Private International Law at the University of Groningen is looking for an assistant professor in the fieldContinue Reading
Lawrence Collins (UCL, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court) has posted Reflections on the Law Governing Confidentiality in ArbitrationContinue Reading
This post was written by Ralf Michaels and Antonia Sommerfeld, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, andContinue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, a Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. By a ruling of 17Continue Reading
On 28 June 2023, the European Commission presented a package consisting of three proposals regarding the Euro currency. It includesContinue Reading
The Dickson Poon School of Law is seeking to appoint three outstanding candidates with research and teaching expertise in IntellectualContinue Reading
The authors of this post are Bernadette Boehl, Sophie Dannecker, Larissa Grundmann, Maira Gabriela Nino Pedraza (all University of Bonn). AContinue Reading
As it is usual at this time of the year, the EAPIL blog will slightly slow down its activity forContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
Deyan Draguiev is the author of this monograph published in 2023 by Springer. He has kindly provided the following abstract.Continue Reading
Edward Elgar has just published a Research Handbook on International Child Abduction, edited by Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor. With aContinue Reading
On 13 July 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in case C-87/22 that the court of aContinue Reading
A collection of essays on the Hague Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019 has recently been published by Hart, inContinue Reading
The first issue of 2023 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition toContinue Reading
Some EAPIL members are reporting they receive e-mails allegedly sent on my behalf requesting help for the Association. These e-mailsContinue Reading
The European Parliament on 11 July 2023 adopted its negotiating position on the proposal for a directive on the protectionContinue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is a Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University. The United States hasContinue Reading
On 6 July 2023 the Court of Justice issued a judgement in BM v LO (C-462/22). The ruling provides guidance asContinue Reading
The readers of this blog are aware of the pending proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of theContinue Reading
The second issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé of 2023 contains three articles on private international lawContinue Reading
The author of this post is Willem Visser. He is one of the editors of the Dutch Journal for ConsumerContinue Reading
Horatia Muir Watt’s latest book has recently been published by Hart in its Hart Monographs in Transnational and International Law,Continue Reading
On 30 June 2023, the Supreme Court of Poland issued an interlocutory order (II CSKP 1518/22) in a case regardingContinue Reading
The University of Kiel will host a conference on EU Insolvency Law and Third Countries: Which Way(s) Forward? on 26-28Continue Reading
On 30 June 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of theContinue Reading
Before the judicial holiday starting mid July the Court will deliver (as of today) decisions on two private international lawContinue Reading
The readers of the blog are aware of the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the digitalisation of judicial cooperationContinue Reading
Should a foreign judgment entail in the requested State the res judicata effect that it has in the country of origin? OrContinue Reading
A big thank you to those among the members of the European Association of Private International Law – actually, theContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
It has already been reported on this blog that EU Commission has launched infringement procedure against Poland for failure toContinue Reading
The author of this post is Michele Grassi, who is a post-doc at the University of Milan. In 2010, BechettiContinue Reading
The European Parliament passed on 15 June 2023 a resolution expressing support for the accession of Ukraine to the HagueContinue Reading
The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law is organising its 18th annual colloquium on 6 and 7 September 2023Continue Reading
This post was written by Felix M. Wilke. Many papers and posts have already appeared on the EU rule ofContinue Reading
Apostolos Anthimos and Marta Requejo Isidro are the editors of The European Service Regulation – A Commentary, on Regulation (EU)Continue Reading
In a judgment of 17 May 2023 (Albaniabeg Ambient sh.p.k v. v. Enel Spa), the French supreme court for privateContinue Reading
Sarah McKibbin (University of Southern Queensland) and Anthony Kennedy (Serle Court Chambers, London; St Edmund Hall and Somerville College, Oxford)Continue Reading
On 31 May 2023, the Commission adopted an implementing decision whereby the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled Effective implementation ofContinue Reading
Matthias Lehmann (University of Vienna) has made available on SSRN a new paper with the title Who Owns Bitcoin? PrivateContinue Reading
Tobias Lutzi (University of Augsburg), Ennio Piovesani (University of Turin), Dora Zgrabljic Rotar (University of Zagreb) edited a book titledContinue Reading
The Council of the European Union adopted on 9 June 2023 a political agreement on the proposal for a directive onContinue Reading
This post was written by Cécile Pellegrini who is Associate Professor at Lyon Catholic University (UCLy). It summarises a contributionContinue Reading
On 7 March 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation rendered a judgment (No 6723/2023) on the public policy exception as a ground forContinue Reading
Edward Elgar Publishing has just published an Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law, authored by Reinhard Bork (University of Hamburg). TheContinue Reading
This post was written by Ugljesa Grusic, Associate Professor at University College London. It offers a preview of the upcoming developments relatingContinue Reading
Luís de Lima Pinheiro (University of Lisbon) has posted Laws Applicable to International Smart Contracts and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOS)Continue Reading
The Legal High Committee for Financial Markets of Paris issued a report on the work of the international commercial chambers ofContinue Reading
A book by Alexander DJ Critchley, titled The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts, has beenContinue Reading
June 2023 begins at the Court of Justice with the decision in case C-567/21, BNP Parisbas, which will be readContinue Reading
On 31 May 2023, the European Commission has proposed new rules aimed to ensure that the protection of adults isContinue Reading
On 10 May 2023, UNIDROIT adopted the Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law. The Principles contain recommendations to nationalContinue Reading
In June 2022, this blog posted about a joint webinar between the Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and theContinue Reading
On 17 May 2023, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Fonds de Garantie des Victimes des Actes de Terrorisme etContinue Reading
Registration is open for the 9th Journal of Private International Law Conference. The conference will be held on 3 toContinue Reading
A Summer School on Cross-border litigation and international arbitration will take place between 17 and 22 July 2023 both on-site at theContinue Reading
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv University) and Sagi Peari (University of Western Australia) have posted on Choice of Law Meets PrivateContinue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. Under Swedish copyright law, broadcasting organizationsContinue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 24 May 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm CEST, the forth andContinue Reading
On 30 June 2023, the second edition of the Austrian Private International Law Workshop will take place in Innsbruck. TheContinue Reading
This post was written by Carlos Santaló Goris (Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration in Luxembourg). On 20Continue Reading
At the request of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights andContinue Reading
A group of German scholars, consisting of Christine Budzikiewicz (University of Marburg), Konrad Duden (University of Leipzig), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig MaximilianContinue Reading
Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute Hamburg) has posted Private International Law and the Legal Pluriverse on SSRN. The abstract reads:Continue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 17 May 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm CEST, the third webinarContinue Reading
The first issue of 2023 of the Journal of Private International Law is out. It contains the following articles: David McClean, TheContinue Reading
In this post, Sandrine Brachotte presents her doctoral work on private international law and so-called “conflicts of worldviews”, which sheContinue Reading
After the completion of three research projects, the chairs of the EAPIL Young Research Network (Tobias Lutzi, Ennio Piovesani andContinue Reading
This post was written by Nadia Rusinova (Hague University of Applied Sciences). The judgment of the Court of Justice ofContinue Reading
Several EAPIL members have received over the last few days the same e-mail, allegedly sent by the President, asking themContinue Reading
The latest issue of the open-access journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional has just been released. It comes with several studies (Estudios)Continue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 10 May 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm CEST, the second webinarContinue Reading
Pablo Quinzá Redondo, Lecturer of Private International Law at the University of Valencia, is the author of this monograph publishedContinue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. On 27 AprilContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog is reporting about the conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law inContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog will report about the conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law inContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
Membership in the European Association of Private International Law comes with a small burden: the annual fees! If you’re aContinue Reading
This post was authored by François Mailhé, who is Professor of Private Law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.Continue Reading
The Special Interest Group on Family and Succession Law of the European Law Institute invites everyone interested to participate inContinue Reading
The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2023 was released. It contains two articles and several case notes relatingContinue Reading
As noted earlier on this blog, on 3 May 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm CEST, the first webinarContinue Reading
In May 2023, the Court will decide on C-264/22, Fonds de Garantie des Victimes des Actes de Terrorisme and d’AutresContinue Reading
This post was written by Sören Segger-Piening, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce the passingContinue Reading
The first issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé of 2023 is primarily dedicated to the Restatement ThirdContinue Reading
This post was written by Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley), Humboldt-University of Berlin, and is also available via conflictoflaws.net. On 25 April 2023 theContinue Reading
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne will host its 34th Private International Law day on 1 June 2023, underContinue Reading
The EU has decided on 24 April 2023 to establish treaty relations with Ukraine under the Hague Judgments Convention. UkraineContinue Reading
Within the framework of the Jean Monnet Module “CoRiMaR” (2020-2023), the University of Udine, in cooperation with a consortium ofContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the IX Congress of Private International Law of the University Carlos III of Madrid willContinue Reading
Two relatively new Scandinavian free online law library projects ease the accessibility of older legal writings, which opens new possibilitiesContinue Reading
Judge François Ancel (Cour de cassation) and Professor Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nice) are the editors of a book onContinue Reading
The Commentary on the Brussels II ter Regulation, edited by Ulrich Magnus and the late Peter Mankowski, part of theContinue Reading
The University of Urbino will host on 17 May 2023 a conference on the international aspects of the Digital ServicesContinue Reading
The author of this post is Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld, University of Vienna. Since the introduction of the Rome II Regulation, the questionContinue Reading
The European Commission published on 13 April 2023 a study on the application of Regulation 4/2009 on maintenance obligations. TheContinue Reading
Determining financial loss has become the neuralgic point of Art 7(2) Brussels Ibis and Art 4(1) Rome II Regulation. ByContinue Reading
This post was written by Giesela Rühl. The European Association of Private International Law mourns the loss of Jürgen Basedow,Continue Reading
On 20 April 2023, the Court will reply to the following questions from the Tribunal de première instance de LiègeContinue Reading
The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (Swansea University) and UCL Centre for Commercial Law have joined forces toContinue Reading
Readers of this blog are aware that an EAPIL Working Group has been set to reflect on the reform ofContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, a series of webinar has been organised under the title The Future of Cross-Border ParenthoodContinue Reading
On 6 December 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in the Danish surrogacy case of K.K. andContinue Reading
Tobias Lutzi (Junior Professor for Private Law at the University of Augsburg) made available on SSRN a pre-print short contributionContinue Reading
Mediation has acquired a growing and unstoppable implantation during the last years, becoming an alternative dispute mechanism for the resolutionContinue Reading
El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea y el Derecho Internacional Privado (The Court of Justice of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Aukje van Hoek (Professor of Private International Law and Civil Procedure at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has madeContinue Reading
The author of this post is Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London. As has already been reportedContinue Reading
On 26 May 2023 the Center for the Future of Dispute Resolution (Ghent Univeristy) in collaboration with leading organizations, includingContinue Reading
On 9 March 2022, the CJEU ruled on the concept of “consumer” under Article 17(1)(c) of Brussels I bis RegulationContinue Reading
The desirability of adopting a French code of private international law in a field dominated by EU law is hotlyContinue Reading
The European Commission has published, on 29 March 2023, a Study to support the preparation of a report on theContinue Reading
As many readers of the blog surely know already, the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPC Agreement) will enter into forceContinue Reading
The European Commission has published in December 2022 an ambitious proposal for a new Regulation dealing with the private internationalContinue Reading
“A rose is a rose is a rose”, goes the famous quote. It indicates a basic, intuitive truth: the wordsContinue Reading
The fourth issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition toContinue Reading
Erik Sinander (Stockholm University) has published an article titled The Role of Foreseeability in Private International Employment Law in the firstContinue Reading
On 30 March 2023, just before the Easter holidays, the Court of Justice will deliver two judgments on the interpretationContinue Reading
Lotario Benedetto Dittrich (University of Trieste) has written a Study at the request of the JURI committee of the EuropeanContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
The issues surrounding the possible extension of the rules of jurisdiction in the Brussels I bis Regulation to non-EU domiciliariesContinue Reading
This post was written by Gilles Cuniberti and Anna Wysocka-Bar. On 26 January 2023, the European Commission has launched anContinue Reading
The EAPIL Working Group on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation has set up a survey to collectContinue Reading
A conference on the codification of European private international law will take place on 21 April 2023 at the UniversitéContinue Reading
The EAPIL Working Group on the Law Applicable to Digital Assets has issued a Position Paper to comment on theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Stefano Ferrero, partner at Gattai Minoli, Milan. As a follow-up to the post byContinue Reading
Freezing orders, i.e., orders that prevent a person from disposing of their assets pending a determination as to the existenceContinue Reading
As already announced on this blog, the University of Bonn will host a two-day conference titled The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention:Continue Reading
The author of this post is Francesca Maoli (University of Genova). On 9 March 2023, the CJEU delivered a judgmentContinue Reading
Following the publication of her monograph on PIL and non-judicial divorce, I have invited Nuria Marchal Escalona to provide anContinue Reading
It has already been announced on this blog that a conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to PrivateContinue Reading
On 8 February 2023, the European Commission presented two proposals, the purpose of which is to pave the way toContinue Reading
The call for papers is open for the IX International Conference on Private International Law of the Carlos III UniversityContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Fabienne Jault-Seseke, who is Professor at University Paris Saclay (UVSQ), and a member of GEDIP.Continue Reading
The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2023 was released. It contains one article and several caseContinue Reading
Marco Biasi (Università degli Studi di Milano) has published Decent Work and the Virtual Dimension: Reflections about the Regulation ofContinue Reading
On 9 March 2023, the Court will deliver the judgment in C-177/22, Wurth Automotive. The Landesgericht Salzburg (Austria) referred the followingContinue Reading
Nikitas Hatzimihail (University of Cyprus) has published on SSRN an article titled Private International Law Matters involving Non-Recognized States: TheContinue Reading
The 2023 special issue of the open-access journal Papers di diritto europeo collects the proceedings of the conference organized inContinue Reading
The new edition of the Commentary on the Brussels I bis Regulation, edited by Ulrich Magnus and the late PeterContinue Reading
On 13 April 2023, the University Paris Dauphine will host a conference on State Immunity from Enforcement (L’immunité d’exécution deContinue Reading
As the Matrimonial Property Regimes Regulation and the Property Regimes of Registered Partnerships have celebrated their fourth anniversary of application recently (namelyContinue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
This is the and final part of a post collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. Part one isContinue Reading
The author of this post is Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Laws of the University College London.Continue Reading
This post was collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. It consists of two parts. Part two can beContinue Reading
In a judgment of 11 January 2023, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled thatContinue Reading
The editors of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stagesContinue Reading
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has recently published the new edition of the Practical Handbook on theContinue Reading
The INSOL Europe Academic Forum (IEAF) is inviting submission for its 19th annual conference, taking place on 11-12 October 2023Continue Reading
The number of States which, pressed by the need to relieve and speed up the work of the courts, haveContinue Reading
Burcu Yüksel Ripley (University of Aberdeen) has posted on SSRN a paper titled Cryptocurrency Transfers in Distributed Ledger Technology-Based SystemsContinue Reading
Morten Midtgaard Fogt (Aarhus University, Denmark) has had a book titled Choices, Limits and Consequences of Harmonisation of Commercial Law published.Continue Reading
The EAPIL Working Group on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation has issued a preliminary position paper formulatingContinue Reading
This post has been written by Silvana Canales Gutiérrez, who is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona).Continue Reading
Matthias Lehmann (University of Vienna) and Gilles Cuniberti (University of Luxembourg) are considering establishing an EAPIL Working Group on theContinue Reading
In a decision of November 2022, the Swedish Labour Court held that Qatar had, at least in part, the rightContinue Reading
The European Commission is adopting a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States of measuresContinue Reading
In February 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union will publish two decisions and one opinion, all threeContinue Reading
Asif Efrat (Reichman University, Israel) authored a book titled Intolerant Justice – Conflict and Cooperation on Transnational Litigation, with Oxford UniversityContinue Reading
In a judgment of 11 January 2023, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruledContinue 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
A conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law is scheduled to take place in MilanContinue Reading
The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) is presently conducting a public consultation regarding a set ofContinue Reading
The European Commission has announced earlier today that it has sent a letter of formal notice to Poland (INFR(2021)2001) forContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, in Milan, will host, on 3 March 2023,Continue Reading
… they sometimes forget to buy the compulsory toll ticket (“e-vignette”) in advance or make mistakes when filling out theContinue Reading
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgmentContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published. The table of contents isContinue Reading
Uglješa Grušić has published on SSRN a policy brief titled Remote working and European private international law. The brief was preparedContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Catherine Kessedjian, Professor Emerita of the University Paris Panthéon-Assas and Chair of the ADI/ILA 2023Continue Reading
A new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (4/2022) is out. It contains one essay, one briefing note on theContinue Reading
On 15 December 2022, the UK Government launched an open consultation on its plan for the United Kingdom to becomeContinue Reading
Dear fellow Members of the European Association of Private International Law, have you paid your annual fees? If you haven’t,Continue Reading
On 22 December 2022, the CJEU ruled on the concept of civil and commercial matters in Eurelec Trading & ScabelContinue Reading
On 20 January 2023, the University of Strasbourg will host a conference on the private international law aspects of the Digital MarketContinue Reading
Aukje A.H. Van Hoek (University of Amsterdam) has posted The Declaratory Judgment – Between Remedy and Procedural Technique on SSRN.Continue Reading
The third issue of the Belgian Revue de droit international privé / Tijdschrijft voor international privaatrecht is now available online.Continue Reading
La sustracción internacional de menores en el espacio jurídico europeo (International Child Abduction in the European Union), a monograh by PILContinue Reading
The French Committee of Private International Law has launched the 8th edition of the Committee’s Doctoral Dissertation Award. Eligible PhD dissertationsContinue Reading
In a post published on this blog in 2022, I addressed the relationship between private international law (PIL) and strategicContinue Reading
The University of Coimbra will host, on 27 and 28 January 2023, a conference in English on the Brussels IIContinue Reading
The monthly program of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding private international law, as of today, isContinue Reading
In a judgment of 7 September 2022, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) addressedContinue Reading
The Young Property Lawyers’ Forum (YPLF) invites junior researchers to submit proposals for presentations given at its 12th annual meeting,Continue Reading
How did things go with the EAPIL blog in 2022? The following statistics provide some answers. About 315 posts haveContinue Reading
Ronán Feehily authored International Commercial Mediation – Law and Regulation in Comparative Context, recently published by Cambridge University Press. InContinue Reading
Naivi Chikoc Barreda (University of Ottawa) authored a book titled Succession internationale et dispositions spéciales de la lex rei sitae – ContributionContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog goes on “Winter Break mode”, meaning that only few posts will be published over the next fewContinue Reading
Almost six years have passed since 18 January 2017, when Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO)Continue Reading
The programme for the fourth German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law has been released. The conference willContinue Reading
Nazia Yaqub (Leeds Beckett University, UK) authored a book titled Parental Child Abduction to Islamic Law Countries – A Child RightsContinue Reading
The proceedings of the Conference on the Notary’s Role in Private International Law (L’office du notaire en droit international privé)Continue Reading
Michiel Poesen has published an interesting article in the Common Market Law Review (issue 6 of 2022), titled Civil LitigationContinue Reading
As reported on this blog by Marco Pasqua, the European Commission adopted on 18 October 2022 its 2023 Work Programme,Continue Reading
The latest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. As always, it containsContinue Reading
On 2 November 2022, the UK Supreme Court delivered its judgment in The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association –Continue Reading
On 24 November 2022, the Court of Justice delivered an interesting judgment on the validity of a digital jurisdictional clause,Continue Reading
A request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos (Greece) is pending before the Court of Justice in theContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the 9th Journal of Private International Law conference will be hosted by the Yong PungContinue Reading
The latest issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) has been published on 1 November 2022. TheContinue Reading
As announced in an earlier post, the International Law Association will celebrate its 150 anniversary next year through a numberContinue Reading
On 7 December 2022, as announced through the Commission Press Corner, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation aimedContinue Reading
Shahla F. Ali, Filip Balcerzak, Adam Mickiewicz, Giorgio Fabio Colombo, and Joshua Karton have edited a collection of essays titledContinue Reading
This post was written by Felix M. Wilke, University of Bayreuth. The new EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771 andContinue Reading
December is a relatively short month at the Court of Justice. Very little is happening in PIL (much more onContinue Reading
The third edition of Talia Einhorn’s textbook on Private International Law in Israel is out, published by Wolters Kluwer. ThisContinue Reading
The 16th edition of the Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws, edited jointly by Lord Collins ofContinue Reading
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 14 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