Today, the long-awaited ruling of the CJEU in the CDC-proceedings has been delivered. It is the first time that the issue of jurisdiction in cartel damage claim-cases according to the Brussels I Regulation is dealt with by the CJEU.
The decision can be accessed here.
The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention – A Game Changer?
The Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters will form the object of a conference (in English) scheduled to take place on 23 April 2020 at the Catholic… Read more…
Posted by Thalia Kruger | Published on January 22, 2020
Inaugural Lecture by Alex Mills (UCL): The Privatisation of Private (and) International Law
Speaker: Professor Alex Mills (Faculty of Laws, UCL) Chair: Professor Campbell McLachlan QC (Victoria University Wellington) Date and time: 06 February 2020, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Location: Bentham House, UCL Laws, London, WC1H 0EG, United Kingdom Abstract The boundary… Read more…
Posted by Matthias Weller | Published on January 21, 2020
Development of Private International Law in the UK post Brexit.
The event is free to attend. The following URL provides full information and registration details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-development-of-private-international-law-in-the-uk-post-brexit-tickets-89779245139 Date: Friday 28th February 2020, 9am-5pm. Location: Queen Mary University of London, 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Room 3.1, London, WC2A 3JB This is the… Read more…
Posted by Matthias Weller | Published on January 20, 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CLEARS THE MURKINESS SURROUNDING THE TERMS ‘VENUE’, ‘SEAT’ AND ‘PLACE’
By Tasha Joseph The confusion between ‘place’, ‘seat’ and ‘venue’ in International Commercial Arbitration cases was put to rest in the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Hardy Explorations And Production(India) Inc.1. The decision was… Read more…
Posted by Saloni Khanderia | Published on January 17, 2020
Registration for Pax Moot 2020 is now open!
Teams are invited to register for the PAX Moot, Asser Round 2020. Registration will be possible until March 30th. However we do advise teams to register as soon as possible. The registration fee is 100 Euros per team. The moot… Read more…
Posted by Thalia Kruger | Published on January 17, 2020
The Conference represents the final event of the JUDGTRUST Project (2018-2020), funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union (2014-2020). The objective of the Project is to identify best practices and to provide guidelines in the interpretation and application… Read more…
Posted by Matthias Weller | Published on January 17, 2020
Humboldt-University Berlin: PhD positions (fellowships) for private (international) lawyers
The Graduate Programm "Dynamic Integration" at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt-University Berlin wishes to fill two PhD positions (fellowships), funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). Applications from private (international) lawyers are especially welcomed. For more information see… Read more…
Posted by Giesela Ruehl | Published on January 14, 2020
Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in the case C-641/18 – Rina
Advocate General Szpunar proposes that the Court should rule that the victims of the sinking of a ship flying the Panamanian flag can bring an action for damages under the Brussels I Regulation as a "civil and commercial matter" in… Read more…
Posted by Matthias Weller | Published on January 14, 2020
Just released: Volume 24 of the Judges’ Newsletter on International Child Protection
Written by Frédéric Breger, Legal Officer at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Volume 24 of the Judges’ Newsletter, the HCCH publication on international child protection, is now available on the HCCH website! This… Read more…
Posted by Mayela Celis | Published on January 13, 2020
33rd Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases
The Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases for 2019, now in its 33rd year, has been posted on SSRN. A summary of the contents is reproduced below. If you are interested in the Survey, you can download it here Here… Read more…
Posted by Charles Kotuby | Published on January 5, 2020
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