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Paul Herrup and Ronald A. Brand (University of Pittsburgh – School of Law) have made available on SSRN a paper on the developments in the Hague Conference project on concurrent proceedings, titled A Further Look at a Hague Convention on Concurrent Proceedings. The abstract reads as follows: The current project of the Hague Conference on […]

Anna Nylund and Antonio Cabral are the editors of Shaping Civil Litigation Using Procedural Agreements, recently published by Eleven. Procedural agreements hold the potential to effectively customise and expedite civil proceedings. However, their impact on access to justice, particularly for weaker litigants, and the potential erosion of the court’s role raise significant concerns. Despite the […]

A Summer School on Cross-border litigation and international arbitration will take place between 15 and 20 July 2024 both on-site at the Ravenna Campus of the University of Bologna and on-line, under the direction of Michele Angelo Lupoi (University of Bologna) and Marco Farina (LUISS, Rome). The course will address cross-border litigation from a wider […]

The author of this post is Martin Gebauer (Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen). Erik Jayme passed away on 1 May 2024, just five weeks before his expected celebration of his ninetieth birthday. He was born on 8 June 1934, in Montréal, in the francophone Canadian province of Québec. His parents were married on Christmas 1930 […]

The sixth Journéee de droit patrimonial international, organised by the Centre of Comparative, European and International Law of the University of Lausanne, will take place on 12 September 2024. This year’s edition will revolve around two topics: the application of the European Succession Regulation in the case law of the Court of Justice and the […]

The second edition of Pedro De Miguel Asensio‘s Conflict of Laws and the Internet has just been published by Edward Elgar. The blurb reads: In this thoroughly revised second edition, Pedro De Miguel Asensio presents a practical analysis of jurisdiction, choice of law, and recognition and enforcement of judgments in the context of online activities, […]

Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University) and Laura Carballo Piñeiro (University of Vigo) edited Research Methods in Private International Law – A Handbook on Regulation, Research and Teaching. The book, which has just been published by Edward Elgar in its Handbooks of Research Methods in Law series, offers perspectives on the diverse methodological approaches […]

On 18 April 2024, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Joint Cases C-765/22 and C-772/22, Air Berlin Luftverkehrs KG. The case was concerned with the insolvency of German airline Air Berlin. Parallel insolvency proceedings were opened in Germany and in Spain and the insolvency practitioners appointed in each of these competed over the assets of […]

The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan invites young scholars to present the outcome of their doctoral research on any topic within the field of private international law, transnational law or the law of international arbitration, at a dedicated seminar that to be held in Milan (the MECSI Seminar). Each MECSI Seminar will […]

The fifth edition of Adrian Briggs‘ Conflict of Laws was published in Oxford University Press Clarendon Law Series on 22 March 2024. The blurb reads: The Conflict of Laws provides an introduction and analysis of the rules of private international law as they apply in England, describing the topic’s three distinct branches comprising the conflict […]

The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2024 has been released. It contains two articles and several case notes relating to private international law issues. It is also worth mentionning the new edition of the column dedicated to judicial cooperation in civil, criminal and arbitral matters authored by Kamalia Mehtiyeva (University Paris-Est […]

The registrations for the Hague Academy Winter Course of 2025 are open. The course will be opened by Bhupinder Singh Chimni (O.P. Jindal Global University) with a lecture on International Law and Global Justice. The general course, titled International Law in the Time of Globalization. Contexts, Networks, Practices will be given by Mónica Pinto (University […]

It was widely reported (including on this blog) that the UK Government signed the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters on 12 January 2024. The Government is now preparing to ratify the convention. On 15 and 16 January, it made ministerial statements to the House […]

On 21 March 2024, the CJEU delivered its judgment in case C-90/22, Gjensidige.  The case is concerned with two main issues. The first one is the interplay between the CMR and the Brussels I bis Regulation regarding their respective provision on choice of court agreement. Based on Article 31, read in conjunction with Article 41, […]

On 14 and 15 February 2025, the 5th Conference for Young Researchers in Private International Law will take place at the University of Heidelberg. The topic of the conference will be Digital transformation and Private International Law – Local Connections in Boundless Spaces. Christiane Wendehorst (University of Vienna) will deliver the conference’s keynote lecture. The organizing […]

English courts are renowned for upholding party autonomy. However, a recent judgment in Re Russian Aircraft Operator Policy Claims (Jurisdiction Applications) [2024] EWHC 734 (Comm) (Henshaw J, 28 March 2024) demonstrates their reluctance to give effect to Russian jurisdiction agreements in the current climate. Facts The claimants are owners, lessors, financing banks and managers of […]

On 6 May 2024, the Centre for Private International Law (CPIL) of the University of Aberdeen will host its Second Postgraduate Law Conference on-line. The conference consists of four panels dealing, respectively, with private international law aspects of international family law, AI and cross-border legal issues, international civil and commercial law, and private international law […]

The editors of the blog of the European Association of Private International Law are sad to learn of the passing away of Erik Jayme. He would have turned 90 in a few weeks. Erik Jayme’s work, spanning over six decades, has had a distinctive influence on the renewal of private international law discourse. Among many […]

On 7 May 2024, Advocate General J. Richard de la Tour will deliver his Opinion in case C-4/23, Mirin. I reported on this case related to the recognition of changes on civil status of a European citizen with dual nationality on the occasion of the hearing last January. For the record, here are the questions […]

A new book titled Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations has been published in the Oxford University Press Private International Law series. The author, Ekaterina Aristova, is Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. The description of the book on the publisher’s website reads as follows: […]