EAPIL blog

Europa Law Publishing has recently published the fifth edition of the Concise Introduction to EU Private International Law written by Michael Bogdan (University of Lund) and Marta Pertegás Sender (Maastricht University and University of Antwerp). The fifth edition of this concise book is mainly intended to be used as an introduction to the rules of […]

On 29 May 2026, the symposium Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives from Germany and the Netherlands will take place at the University of Groningen. Organised by Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen), the symposium will bring together leading and upcoming scholars to explore how digital transformation – from AI in adjudication to fully online proceedings – is […]

The University of Edinburgh is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow in private international law to work on an exciting new research project funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) entitled “Fashion’s PLACE – Private (International) Law and Circular Economy”. The project explores the private law and […]

In a judgment of 11 February 2026, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that Article 3(3) of the Rome 1 Regulation forbids courts to apply non state law. As a result, it allowed an appeal against the judgment of a court of appeal which had applied Jewish law. […]

The second 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. The article is authored by Olivier Cachard (University of Nancy) and offers a study of the UNCITRAL Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents (La Convention des Nations unies sur […]

The latest issue of the French journal dedicated to international dispute resolution, Perspectives Contentieuses internationales (PCI), has been released. It is an open access publication and can be freely read here. This new issue features a special dossier on the exploitation of natural resources in the context of the energy transition. Edited by Rebecca Legendre […]

On 16 April 2026, the Court of Justice rendered its judgment in Electricity & Water Authority of the Government of Bahrain and Others v Prysmian and Others and Smurfit Kappa and Others v Unilever and Others (Joined Cases C-672/23 and C-673/23), concerning the interpretation of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis) […]

The first issue of 2026 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht contains the following articles and case note which might be of interest for the readers of the EAPIL blog: Ignacio Tirado, UNIDROIT on the Occasion of Its (first) 100 Years The editorial traces the UNIDROIT’s origins and evolution, reflects on how it has […]

Tobias Lutzi, Ennio Piovesani and Dora Zgrabljic Rotar have edited Recognition and Enforcement of Non-EU Judgments, a collection of essays resulting from a project run under the same name by the Young Research Network of EAPIL. This book examines the EU Member States’ national rules on recognition and enforcement of Non-EU judgments. Through its country […]

This post was contributed by Dr. Mohammed Rakib-ul-Hassan who is currently serving as a Professor at Geneva Business School. The digitalisation of commerce has fundamentally altered the landscape of cross-border disputes. Traditional private international law (PIL), built upon territorial connecting factors such as domicile, habitual residence, and place of performance, is increasingly strained in addressing […]

This post was written by Lorène Anthonioz, who is PhD candidate in Private International Law at the University of Geneva and a Research and Teaching Assistant in Private International Law at UniDistance. On 15 September 2025, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court issued a judgment in case 4A_129/2024. Applying the CJEU case law, the Court ruled, for […]

The author of this post is Ulf Maunsbach who is a professor of private international law at Lund University. On 5–6 March 2026, the Swedish Network for International Family Law (SNIF) organized a conference in Lund on cooperation in international family law. SNIF is a newly established network intended to serve as a meeting place […]

On 15 December 2025, a French Report on the Applicable Law to Generative AI Models Available in the European Union has been published under the auspices of the advisory body to the French Minister of Culture on intellectual property (CSLPA). Tristan Azzi (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sorbonne Law School) and Yves El Hage (University […]

On 20 March 2026 the Supreme Administrative Court in Poland handed down the decision following Cupriak-Trojan case (C-713/23, commented on this blog within an on-line symposium here, here, here, here, here and here; and additionally here; Opinion of the AG de la Tour in this case was also commented on the blog – here). Facts […]

The Court of Justice will resume its work on Monday 13th, after the Easter break.  On Thursday 16th, it will deliver its judgment in joined cases C-672/23, Electricity & Water Authority of the Government of Bahrain e.a. and C-673/23, Smurfit Kappa Europe e.a. A hearing had taken place on January 2025; Advocate general J. Kokott’s […]

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), in collaboration with the Institut Català Internacional per la Pau (ICIP) and the Centre d’Estudis de Dret Ambiental de Tarragona (CEDAT), has launched a call for abstracts for the international conference SLAPP, Activism and Human Rights: Legal and Social Challenges in the Defense of the Environment, to be […]

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 third meeting. This post follows up on the report (Part I). The third meeting of the Working Group continued with an in-depth discussion structured around a case study, […]

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 third meeting. This post continues with the report (Part II). On 19 March 2026, the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions […]

The Governing Bodies of the European Association of Private International Law are about to be renewed. As announced a few weeks ago, elections will be held for both the Board of Administration and the Scientific Council of the Association in accordance with the EAPIL Statutes in the run up to the the next EAPIL Conference, […]

This post was written by Lorène Anthonioz, who is PhD candidate in Private International Law at the University of Geneva and a Research and Teaching Assistant in Private International Law at UniDistance. With effect from 1 January 2026, Switzerland amended its declaration under the 1970 Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and […]