Entries by Gilles Cuniberti

Kate Provence Pictures: the Remarkable Irish Remedy

In this era of increasing “approximation” of European laws, some readers might sometimes wonder whether choice of law is gradually losing relevance. Well, it seems that, in the area of privacy and rights relating to personality, it really does not.  In France, victims of privacy infringments can get damages and injunctions. In Ireland, these remedies are probably available, but it […]

Bulgarian Court Strikes Down One Way Jurisdiction Clause

I am grateful to Dr. Dafina Sarbinova, an advocate to the Sofia Bar, for this report. In a judgment of of 2 September 2011 (Judgment No. 71 in commercial case No. 1193/2010 ), the highest Bulgarian court – the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation, Commercial Chamber – struck down a one way arbitration/choice of court clause in a […]