EAPIL blog

This post was written by Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University). It is the fourth contribution to the EAPIL on-line symposium on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Cupriak-Trojan. The previous posts, by Laima Vaige, Alina Tryfonidou and Elizabeth Perry, can be found here, here and here, respectively. In this post I would […]

This post was written by Elizabeth Stuart Perry, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Law at Uppsala University and a Californian attorney. It is the third contribution to the EAPIL online symposium on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Cupriak Trojan. The previous posts, by Laima Vaige and Alina […]

This post was written by Alina Tryfonidou, Assistant Professor in EU law and Family law at the University of Cyprus. It is the second contribution to the EAPIL on-line symposium on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Cupriak Trojan. The previous post, by Laima Vaige, can be found here. […]

This post was written by Laima Vaigė, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Private International Law at Uppsala University. It is the first contribution to the EAPIL online symposium on the ruling of the Court of Justice in Cupriak-Trojan. The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a landmark Grand Chamber judgment in Cupriak-Trojan (C-713/23) […]

The Court of Justice gave on 25 November 2025 its much-awaited judgment in Cupriak-Trojan (C-713/23). The ruling clarified the implications of Article 20 and Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), concerning the citizenship of the Union, for the recognition of same-sex marriages across the Member States of the EU. […]

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law is out. Edited by Andrea Bonomi and Ilaria Pretelli, it is the first volume of the Yearbook published by Brill. The volume consists of six sections: the usual “Doctrine” section; a section on choice of court agreements; a section on court decisions; a section exploring […]

Maria Victoria Cuartero Rubio (University of Castilla-La Mancha) and Jose Manuel Velasco Retamosa (University of Castilla-La Mancha) edited El Derecho de Familia a la luz del derecho fundamental europeo al respeto a la vida familiar (Family Law in Light of the European Fundamental Right to Respect for Family Life) with Aranzadi. The book, part of […]

The general course of international law that Professor Campbell McLachlan (University of Cambridge) gave at the Hague Academy of International Law On the Interface Between Public and Private International Law was published in volume 446 of the Collected Courses of the Academy. Our understanding of the operation of law beyond the State has been deeply shaped by two […]

This post was contributed by Burkhard Hess, who is professor at the University of Vienna. On 2 December 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice gave its long-awaited judgment in case C-34/34, Apple Store Nederland. The Court went for a fundamental expansion of Article 7(2) of the Brussels I bis Regulation (in the […]

Care Proceedings with an International Element, by Maria Sofia Wright, a practicing English solicitor, has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The blurb reads: Presenting the findings of a study of 100 care cases, this book provides rigorous analysis of how jurisdictional issues are determined and how information sharing of child protection operates across borders. It […]

Georgia Antonopoulou (University of Birmingham) and Ekaterina Pannebakker (Leiden University) have issued a call for papers in view of a roundtable that will take place at the University of Birmingham, on 14 May 2026, under the title Bridging Jurisdictions: Rethinking Commercial Conflicts of Laws 10 Years After Brexit. The roundtable will focus on highlighting cooperation opportunities in commercial conflicts […]

Before the Christmas break (from 22 December 2025 to 11 January 2026), the Court of Justice will publish several decisions and opinions related to private international law. As of 30 November 2025, the scheduled calendar includes the decision of 2 December in case C-34/24, Right to Consumer Justice et Stichting App Stores Claims. The main […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert and Marco Pasqua, co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions, as report of the Working Group’s second meeting. This post follows up on the report (Part I). The second meeting of the Working Group provided an overview of a selection of national transposition acts […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert and Marco Pasqua, co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions. It is the first part of a report on the Working Group’s second meeting. The second part forms the object of a separate post that will be published tomorrow. On 18 November 2025, the EAPIL Working […]

Since 2023, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has served as a supranational patent litigation forum for 18 EU member states. On 3 October 2025 the UPC Court of Appeal delivered its first final judgment, in a dispute between Philips and Belkin concerning alleged infringement of a patent relating to wireless charging technology. Although the UPC […]

This year’s General Assembly of the European Association of Private International Law will take place (digitally) this Friday, 28 November 2025, at 5 pm CET. The agenda and the login details for the meeting have been sent to all members by email on 1 October 2025. Those who have not received these documents, or need […]

Denmark does not apply the Brussels II ter Regulation in jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility. Jurisdiction in international parental-rights cases is assessed against domestic rules, unless the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on protection of children, to which Denmark is a party, provides […]

The Institute of Justice in Warsaw will host on 9 December 2025 a one-day conference titled: EU Succession Regulation – A Decade in Application. The first decade of the Regulation’s application, highlighting its impact and future challenges, will be comprehensively assessed. The event will bring together representative of legal professions and scholars from various parts […]

The third issue of 2025 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. It features five contributions. Cristina Campiglio, Cittadinanza iure sanguinis e nazionalità: riflessioni internazionalprivatistiche [Citizenship by Birthright and Nationality: Private International Law Reflections] The recent amendment to the citizenship law, which restricts transmission by descent to two generations, offers […]

The Working Group established under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) to deal with the Jurisdiction Project has developed draft provisions for a possible convention (Draft Text) to address parallel proceedings and related actions taking place in multiple States, acknowledging the primary role of both jurisdictional rules and the doctrine […]