Tobias Lutzi

Earlier today, the Court of Justice held that, under certain circumstances, special jurisdiction for an actio pauliana can be based on Art. 7(1) Brussels Ia (Case C-337/17 Feniks). The actio pauliana is an instrument provided by the national laws of several EU member states that allows the creditor to challenge fraudulent acts by their debtor […]

Montenegro Ratifies Hague Choice of Court Convention

August 29, 2018/in News/by Tobias Lutzi

(Only) last week, the government of the Netherlands – the depositary of the Convention –

Petronas Lubricants: ECJ confirms that Art 20(2) Brussels I can be used by employer for assigned counter-claim

June 24, 2018/in Views/by Tobias Lutzi

Last Thursday, the ECJ rendered a short (and rather unsurprising) decision on the interpretation of Art 20(2) Brussels I (= 22(2) of the Recast Regulation). In Petronas Lubricants

Nori Holdings: England & Wales High Court confirms ‘continuing validity of the decision in West Tankers’ under Brussels I Recast

June 16, 2018/in Views/by Tobias Lutzi

Earlier this month, the English High Court rendered an interesting decision on the (un-)availability of anti-suit injunctions in protection of arbitration agreements under the Brussels I Recast Regulation (No 1215/2012). In Nori Holdings v Bank Otkritie

Workshop on ‘Perspectives of Unification of Private International Law in the European Union’, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 15 June

June 5, 2018/in News/by Tobias Lutzi

On Friday, 15 June, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, will host a workshop on ‘Perspectives of Unification of Private International Law in the European Union’. The programme will be as follows. 12:00 Welcome speech by Prof. Miklós Király (ELTE) 12:10 The Interface Between the Harmonisation of Contract Law and Private International Law by Prof. Miklós […]

Université de Lausanne/BIICL Conference on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’

April 19, 2018/in News/by Tobias Lutzi

On 17 May, the Centre de droit comparé, européen et international of the University of Lausanne will host a joint conference with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’. The flyer can be found

Call for Papers: Second German Conference for Young Scholars in PIL

April 9, 2018/in News/by Tobias Lutzi

Building on the success of the