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On 10 April 10 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in the “Vedanta” case (see here). The judgment is currently raising many comments and discussions on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), including from the perspective of Private International Law.

The PowerPoint (in French) of a presentation by Veerle Van den Eeckhout in March 2017 explains some Private International Law aspects of CSR, including the state of the Vedanta proceedings at that time and its context.

Le Conseil d’État examinait en appel, vendredi 19 avril, plusieurs référés-libertés demandant à ce qu’il soit enjoint au gouvernement de mettre en œuvre toutes les mesures utiles au rapatriement d’enfants et de leurs mères, retenus dans des camps en Syrie. Décision le 23 avril.

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A Legislative initiative procedure which started nearly a year ago, is coming now to the next level: The European Commission has recently stated its position on the European Parliament non-legislative resolution with recommendations to the Commission on expedited settlement of commercial disputes. The response is featured in a document titled ‘Follow-up to the European Parliament non-legislative resolution with recommendations to the Commission on expedited settlement of commercial disputes’. The main issues addressed may be summarized as follows:

Creation of a European Expedited Civil Procedure (EECP)

The Commission will take the resolution as further inspiration to analyse simplifications to cross-border litigation, but not necessarily by a specific European Expedited Civil Procedure.

Possible changes to the Rome I, the Rome II and the Brussels Ia Regulations

The Commission will, as appropriate, consider issues concerning choice of law agreements and choice of court agreements within the framework of the review of the relevant instruments (the Rome I and the Brussels Ia Regulations).

Other measures – building competence in commercial law in Member States

The Commission will continue to support training and research in commercial law and to facilitate access to information on foreign law in the framework of non-legislative actions, including financial programmes.

Other measures – analysing establishment of the European Commercial Court

At this stage, it does not seem appropriate to engage in preparatory action concerning the establishment of a European Commercial Court. However, the Commission will consider the question of the desirability of further studies in this field.

The full text of the doc. document is available here.

Once there, scroll down to Documentation gateway, and open the European Commission box.

En approuvant, le 15 avril 2019, la directive sur le droit d’auteur dans le marché unique numérique adopté par le Parlement européen le 26 mars, le Conseil de l’Union européenne marque la fin du long parcours de ce texte marqué, mais c’est une habitude en ce domaine, par d’intenses débats et de fortes pressions.

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La rédaction de Dalloz actualité prend quelques jours de vacances…

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Assurance dommages

Accident de la circulation

Procédures civiles d'exécution

Chasse - Prescription civile

Assurance de personnes

Architecte entrepreneur

Expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique

Assurance dommage

Cour d'appel de Paris, 9 avril 2019

Tribunal correctionnel de Pontoise, 5 avril 2019

Pourvoi c/ cour d'appel de Bastia, Chambre correctionnelle, 21 novembre 2018

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Versailles, 19 décembre 2010

Quand la justice française saisit des biens issus de la corruption internationale, le produit revient au budget de l’état français, y compris quand il s’agit de biens spoliés à des pays pauvres. Une situation inique que des sénateurs veulent modifier.

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