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Tribunal paritaire des baux ruraux de Montpellier, 25 février 2020

Cour d'appel de Paris, 17 février 2020

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Versailles, 24 octobre 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Grenoble, 15 janvier 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Paris, 20 janvier 2020

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Fort de France, 9 mai 2019

François Fillon, sa femme, Penelope Fillon, et son ancien suppléant parlementaire, Marc Joulaud, comparaissent, à des degrés divers, pour détournement de fonds publics par personne chargée d’une mission de service public, complicité et recel de ce même délit, complicité et recel d’abus de bien sociaux et déclaration mensongère à la Haute autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique (HATVP).

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The first issue of the open-access journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional for 2020 is out.

It includes more than fifty papers, covering a broad range of topics, such as the use of foreign powers of attorney for the purchase of immoveable property, consumer protection, the relationship between the recast Brussels II Regulation and the Hague Convention on the protection of  children, the flow of personal data between the EU and the UK after Brexit, matrimonial property regimes under Regulation 2016/1103, and the implementation of the rules on obtaining information on bank accounts under the Regulation establishing a European Account Preservation Order.

Most of the contributions are in Spanish. The rest are in English or in Italian.

The issue can be downloaded here.

IN [2019] EWCOP 56 QD, Cobb J in the Court of Protection applied the Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults to a removal from Spain of an adult father suffering from Lewy Body Dementia, a progressive neurodegenerative dementia, without consent of the new wife. by the children of his first marriage. Following the removal the children seek an order that he reside at a care home in England, that he not return to Spain, and that he have only supervised contact with his wife.

Cobb J decided that the English courts do not have jurisdiction given that in his judgment the father is habitually resident in Spain, with at 28-29 a list of the reasons leading to his conclusion (it includes a negative view on the removal ‘by stealth’, as well as particular emphasis on the father’s expressed will to live in Spain when he was not yet incapacitated). The common law doctrine of necessity does not alter this as alternative, less drastic measures could and should have been sought first (such as alerting Spanish social services; at 29).

The judge did make use of his limited urgency jurisdiction to issue a ‘protective measures’ order which provides for the father to remain at and be cared for at home he resides in, and to continue the authorisation of the deprivation of his liberty there only until such time as the national authorities in Spain have determined what should happen next. It is for the Spanish administrative or judicial authorities to determine the next step, which may of course be to confer jurisdiction on the English courts to make the relevant decision(s).

Geert.

Le fait pour une femme d’exhiber sa poitrine constitue bien le délit d’exhibition sexuelle, a jugé la chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation à propos d’une militante Femen. Toutefois, dès lors que le comportement poursuivi s’inscrit dans une démarche de protestation politique, sa sanction constituerait une ingérence disproportionnée dans l’exercice de la liberté d’expression.

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Avocat (honoraires)

Fonds de garantie - Prescription civile

Accident de la circulation

Avocat (honoraires)

Indemnisation des victimes d'infraction

Indemnisation des victimes d'infraction - Chose jugée

Preuve - Procédure civile

Sûretés réelles immobilières

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is seeking two legal officers. Candidates are expected to possess, among others, two years of relevant full-time professional experience (e.g., in practice, government, academia, IGOs or NGOs). They must also be nationals of Member States of the Conference.

Duties include general assistance in various areas of the work programme of the Conference, the areas of priority being international commercial litigation / civil procedure and child support (maintenance) matters.

One-year contracts are offered, starting in May 2020.

The deadline for applications is 25 March 2020 (12.00 a.m. CET).

Further information is available here.

Yesterday (4 March 2020) Viet Nam acceded to the HCCH Evidence Convention and the Philippines acceded to the HCCH Service Convention.  Ukraine signed the HCCH Judgments Convention.

The HCCH Evidence Convention will enter into force for Viet Nam on 3 May 2020. Pursuant to article 39 of the Evidence Convention, the accession will have effect only as regards the relations between Viet Nam and such Contracting States as will have declared their acceptance of the accession. Accordingly, this is a semi-open Convention similar to the HCCH Child Abduction Convention.

In the absence of any objection pursuant to its article 28, the HCCH Service Convention will enter into force for the Philippines on 1 October 2020. No objection has ever been made under the Service Convention (so far).

Ukraine has signed the HCCH Judgments Convention in accordance with its article 24. In order to consent to be bound by the treaty, Ukraine needs to deposit an instrument of ratification. In the meantime, a signatory State has the obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force (article 18 of the UN Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties).

The HCCH Judgments Convention is not yet in force. In accordance with article 28: “This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of the period during which a notification may be made in accordance with Article 29(2) with respect to the second State that has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession referred to in Article 24.”

There are currently two signatory States: Uruguay and Ukraine. The act of signing a treaty does not count towards the timeline specified in article 28 of the HCCH Judgments Convention as it is not an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

The HCCH news item is available here.