EAPIL blog

This post was written by Chrisoula M. Michailidou, Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), Working Group member for Greece in the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions and Member of the Greek Drafting Committee. As already noted on this blog, the process of transposing Directive (EU) 2024/1069 – the Anti-SLAPP Directive – in Greece was under way […]

Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’) – the ‘Anti-SLAPP Directive’ – marks an important step in the development of a European framework against strategic lawsuits […]

Youseph Farah (University of East Anglia) and Elisabetta Bergamini (Università degli Studi di Udine) edited the second edition of the Research Handbook on EU Private International Law. Published by Edward Elgar in its Research Handbooks in European Law series, the second edition of the Research Handbook addresses key questions and challenges in EU private international […]

This post was written by Cayetana Santaolalla Montoya, Associate Professor of Private International Law, Public University of Navarra. The review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 under Articles 140 and 142 is mostly being read as an exercise in supervisory calibration. Which services belong on the list, how asset-referenced tokens should be treated, where the perimeter of […]

This post was written by Cayetana Santaolalla Montoya, Associate Professor of Private International Law, Public University of Navarra The European Commission has opened a targeted consultation on the review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets, the review being mandated by Articles 140 and 142 of that Regulation. The deadline, which was extended, is […]

In May 2025, the Norwegian official report NOU 2025:6 proposed a comprehensive Cohabitation Act. The proposed Act (see NOU 2025:6, pp. 211–217) would regulate cohabitees’ financial relations during their relationship and upon separation, including co-ownership, division of assets and compensation. Following a public consultation completed in December 2025, the proposal remains under consideration. This post […]

As frequent readers of this blog and private international law afficionados will appreciate, conflict of laws can often seem like an entirely different creature in international arbitration. General rules of private international law are usually taken not to bind tribunals, and what legislators provide in their stead is often quite open-ended. Despite this, there is […]

The Faculty of Law at the University of Rijeka will be hosting its 2026 Doctoral Conference RIDOC on 7 December 2026. The event is designed for doctoral candidates who want to present and evaluate their preliminary research findings in front of academics, practicing lawyers, and engage in discussions with peers on an international scale. Eligible […]

Nadia Rusinova has just released “Practical Handbook on EU Family Law. Part 2: Litigating International Child Abduction Cases under the 1980 Hague Convention in the EU”. This tool was designed for lawyers and judges working with international child abduction cases in Europe. It is free and practice-oriented resource aimed at making cross-border family law clearer, […]

The next general congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) will take place from 28 September to 2 October 2026 at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The rich programme includes a panel devoted to private international law, scheduled for 2 October, under the title The Application of the Lex Fori: Developments in Practice […]

Earlier this year, on 19 February 2026, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgment in Fridman v Argofirma Oniks LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 139. The case concerned a fundamental question of English private international law: must a defendant be present in England at the time of service of a claim form […]

The third edition of IPRG/LugÜ – Bundesgesetz über das Internationale Privatrecht, Lugano-Übereinkommen und weitere Erlasse, by Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz, has just been published. It is a commentary on the Swiss Act on Private International Law (PILA) and the Lugano Convention. It is described (in German) as follows: The entirety of Swiss private international and procedural […]

In its decision of 17 June in HR-2026-1358-A, the Norwegian Supreme Court dismissed an appeal contesting the jurisdiction of the Norwegian courts under the forum delicti rule in the 2007 Lugano Convention. The underlying proceedings concerned a damages claim brought by the Norwegian tax authorities against a person domiciled in Cyprus following the non-payment of VAT […]

The second issue of 2026 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition to recent case law and other materials, it features three contributions. Cristina Campiglio, Il volto «umano» del diritto internazionale privato: la disciplina dell’autodeterminazione di genere (The “Human” Face of Private International Law: The Regulation of Gender […]

The fourth book in the European Association of Private International Law series is out. Published by Edward Elgar, this book is the outcome of the second edition of the EAPIL Winter School in Private International Law. The contributions are based on the lectures given during the course, which took place at the Department of Law, […]

The fifth issue of IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) for 2026 was published on 1 September. The following advance abstracts have been kindly provided by the editor of the journal. B. Steinrötter, The UNIDROIT Conflict-of-Laws Rule on the Law of Crypto-Assets. A contribution to the classification of Principle 5 of the UNIDROIT Principles […]

September 2026 promises to be a busy month for the Court of Justice of the European Union. A series of significant judgments, Advocate General opinions, and a noteworthy arbitration-related hearing will address questions ranging from the scope of the Rome II Regulation and cross-border succession disputes to the interpretation of the European Small Claims Procedure, […]

In a decision of 14 July, the Swedish Supreme Court clarified whether standing to bring maintenance proceedings is governed by the law applicable to the maintenance obligation appointed by the 2007 Hague Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations or by the law of the forum under the principle of lex for regit processum. […]

The Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation (Università di Bologna) is organizing its III Reunion on 19-20 November 2026 in Bologna (Italy).  The program of the reunion will include two sessions dedicated to the presentations of young researchers:  Session I: Rules of cross-border jurisdiction in times of conflicts and growing unilateralism   Session II: Recognition and enforcement […]

The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2026 has been released. It contains one article and several case notes relating to private international law issues. In their contribution, Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nice) and Nicolas Nord (University of Strasbourg / CIEC) analyse the Brazilian draft general act on private international law (Commentaire […]