Entries by Chukwuma Okoli

Review of Ronald A. Brand, Michael S. Coffee, and Paul Herrup, The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, 416pp, hb £125

  The book by Brand, Coffee, and Herrup offers a thorough examination of the Hague 2019 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (commonly referred to as “The Hague Judgments Convention”). Concluded on July 2, 2019, the Convention currently has 31 Contracting States, including all 27 EU member states, the European Union, and […]

A Californian Judgment fails the Provisional Sentence test in South African Courts

Solomon Okorley Ph.D, University of Johannesburg, and affiliated with the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries at the University of Johannesburg. Introduction South Africa is one of the most developed countries on the African continent and a key country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, […]

Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

    Cosmas Emeziem, JSD Cornell University, Drinan Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. ©Author 2024. Introduction   At the core of Conflict of Laws or Private International Law (hereinafter PIL) is reconciling rules across jurisdictions for dispute settlement and the broader concerns of justice and public policy. […]

Issue 1 of Journal of Private International Law for 2024

The latest issue of the Journal of Private International Law was published yesterday It contains the following articles. Alex Mills, Sustainability and jurisdiction in the international civil litigation market The sustainability of the global economy, particularly in response to the concerns of climate change, is an issue which impacts many different aspects of life and work around […]

The Kenyan Supreme Court holds that Scottish Locus Inspection Orders must be Examined by the Kenyan Courts for Recognition and Enforcement in Kenya

Miss Anam Abdul-Majid (LLM, University of Birmingham; LLB, University of Nairobi; BSC.IBA, United States International University; Advocate and Head of Corporate and Commercial Department, KSM Advocates, Nairobi, Kenya). Dr Chukwuma Okoli (Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws at the University of Birmingham; Senior Research Associate; Private International Law in Emerging Countries, University of Johannesburg) […]