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Almost a year ago, the European Court of Human Rights issued a very interesting judgment on the interpretation of Article 8 ECHR, involving a couple (husband Greek, spouse Romanian) living with their two children in the city of Ioannina, Greece. The case found no coverage in Greece (and elsewhere), probably because it was not translated […]
On 25 February 2014, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of Avotinš v. Latvia (application no. 17502/07) that the Brussels I Regulation imposes on Member States a duty to enforce judgments in civil and commercial matters, which triggers the Bosphorus presomption of compatibility of the actions of the enforcing state with […]
On 14 January, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Jones v. United Kingdom, and issued the following press release. ECHR upholds House of Lords’ decision that State immunity applies in civil cases involving torture of UK nationals by Saudi Arabian officials abroad but says the matter must be kept under review. […]
by Dorothea van Iterson Dorothea van Iterson is a former Counsellor of legislation, ministry of Justice of the Netherlands
Fernando Gascón Inchausti is Professor of Law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid On the basis of the provisions of Articles 11(8) and 42(2) of the Brussels IIa Regulation, the Austrian courts, after a long and tortuous process, ended up ordering the Povse child’s return to Italy, considering that the enforcement system without exequatur introduced by […]
On 18 June 2013, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in
Pietro Franzina is associate professor of international law at the University of Ferrara. By a
Patrick Kinsch, who is a visiting professor at the University of Luxembourg and a member of the Luxembourg bar, has posted
We should have reported earlier about this interesting judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of June 29th, 2011 (
In an interesting case concerning jurisdiction in a maintenance case, the Dutch Supreme Court – clearly doing justice in the individual case – ruled that jurisdiction may be based on Article 24 Brussels I in spite of the respondent contesting jurisdiction (LJN BL3651, Hoge Raad, 09/01115, 7 May 2010, NJ 2010, 556 note Th.M. de […]