EAPIL blog

On 9 December 2024, at 13.00 CET, UNIDROIT will host a live webinar celebrating the UNIDROIT Essay Competition – 30 Years of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, with support from the International Law Institute (ILI) and facilitated by the UNIDROIT Foundation. The event will feature opening remarks from Maria Chiara Malaguti and Don […]

November 2024 starts with the delivery on Thursday 7 of a decision on the Succession Regulation. C-291/23, Hantoch, is a request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Germany). The single question reads: Must an interpretation of Article 10 of the EU Succession Regulation with regard to the question whether any estate assets existed in […]

On 8 November 2024 Gunnar Bramstång will publicly defend his doctoral thesis on economic sanctions in private international law at Lund University in Sweden. The thesis, written in Swedish, is titled Ekonomiska sanktioner i svensk internationell privat– och processrätt (Economic Sanctions in Swedish Private International Law) and is available in its entirety here. The English abstract […]

On 26 and 27 September 2024, an international conference was held in Paris to honour the work, and celebrate the 90th birthday, of Paul Lagarde. The contributions of the speakers are available on the website of the European Group of Private International Law (EGPIL-GEDIP). Most are dedicated to the contribution of Paul Lagarde to the […]

The PAX Moot case for the 2025 moot competition on private international law has been published. The 2025 Round is dedicated to Ulrich Huber, an influential Dutch jurist of the 1600s, who wrote a short treatise on the conflict of laws, Conflictu Legum Diversarum in Diversis Imperiis. The Ulrich Huber Round of the competition explores […]

On 18 November 2024, the French Cour de Cassation will hold a one-day conference on the latest developpements in private international law. The objective is to present recent case law in various areas of PIL and to consider the future prospects for this field. One of the great interest of this scientific event is that […]

A collection of essays has been published by Intersentia, a few months ago, under the title Climate Change Litigation in Europe – Regional, Comparative and Sectoral Perspectives, edited by Ivano Alogna, Carole Billet, Matteo Fermeglia and Alina Holzhausen. The blurb reads: Climate change litigation is emerging as a global response to the unfolding climate crisis. […]

On 21 November 2024, Gérard Anou (University of Grenoble Alpes) organises a one-day conference devoted to the rise of the digital economy in the context of international trade law. It will deal with both the regulatory dimension and dispute resolution. The presentation of the event reads as follows: The development of information and communication technologies […]

Victor Grandaubert, who is a lecturer at Paris Nanterre University, has published L’immunité d’exécution de l’Etat étranger et des organisations internationales en droit international (The Immunity from Enforcement of Foreign States and International Organisations in International Law) with the French publisher Pedone in 2023. The book is based on the doctoral thesis of the author. […]

Victor Contreras Kong (Rabobank Private Banking) and Ebbe Rogge (Leiden University – Leiden Law School) have recently posted on SSRN an article titled Sustainability-Linked Products: International Private Law Standards, published in the Hazelhoff Research Paper Series. The (final, edited version of this) article was published in Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation. The abstract […]

Regulation 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, commonly known as the EU AI Act, has entered into force on 1 August 2024 and will progressively be applicable to several (private and public) organisations within transnational AI value chains connected to the EU internal market. This Regulation is remarkable for two main reasons. First, […]

In a child custody case where the place of residence of both the child in question and the defendant mother was unknown, the Finnish Supreme Court held, in a judgment of 17 September 2024, that the Brussels II ter Regulation (2019/1111) applied to penalty fine matters. Since no court of a Member State had jurisdiction […]

The third issue of 2024 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. Along with recent case law and materials, it features an article, a collection of debates contributions, and a comment. Article: Cristina Campiglio, Linguaggio e tecniche redazionali nel diritto internazionale privato italiano [Language and Drafting Techniques in Italian Private […]

Adrian Tehrani, who is professor of private law at the University of Montpellier, has published Droit européen de l’insolvabilité (European insolvency law) with Bruylant. The book offers a comprehensive treatment not only of the Insolvency Regulation but also of the Restructuring and Second Chance Directive. It is thus not only focused on private international law, […]

The author of this post is Helga Luku, a PhD researcher at the University of Antwerp. Five months after Advocate General De La Tour delivered his Opinion (see further here), the Court of Justice finally gave its judgment on the Mirin case on 4 October 2024. The Cour ruled that Articles 20 and 21(1) of […]

On 5 February 2024, the Danish government, along with most opposition parties, reached an agreement regarding children born through surrogacy agreements. This political accord aims to address and improve the legal status of children born through surrogacy, particularly in the context of foreign surrogacy arrangements, ensuring their right to legal parents, without the requirement of […]

This post was contributed by Vincent Richard, who practices with Wurth Kinsch Olinger in Luxembourg. On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in case C‑494/23 [Mahá]. The decision, which was rendered without an Opinion from the Advocate General, provides a useful clarification on the material scope of Regulation No 1215/2012 (Brussels […]

IE University is seeking applicants for four full-time, tenure-track, positions at the Assistant Professor level at IE Law School (Madrid). The call is open to candidates from all legal fields, with a focus on Private Law, Commercial & Corporate Law, IP Law, Digital & Tech Law, Administrative Law, Environmental & Climate Change Law, and Legal […]

This post has been written by Reef Alfahad, a PhD candidate at King’s College London. On 17 October 2024, a conference on ‘The Anglo-French Approaches to Arbitration’ will take place at King’s College London, UK. This conference will discuss how the French and English approaches differ when dealing with corruption in arbitration and anti-suit injunctions, […]

As reported earlier on this blog, the Cour de cassation ruled in a judgment of 2 October 2024 that a foreign surrogacy recognised in France produces the legal effects provided by foreign law and need not be considered as a full adoption of French law. Background In that case, a couple of French men had […]