Kenneth Anderson on Kiovel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
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Again on Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003
/in /by Marta RequejoReference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof, Germany, in case C- 256/09 was lodged on 10 July 2009 (see
Licari on Punitive Damages
/1 Comment/in /by Marta RequejoFrançois-Xavier Licari, Professor at the University of Metz (Paul-Verlaine) has posted
Povse v. Alpago. ECJ preliminary ruling on Reg. (EC) No 2201/2003 under the urgent procedure
/in /by Marta RequejoOn 3 May 2010, the Oberster Gerichsthof (Austria) referred to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling five questions concerning Regulation (EC) nº 2210/2003 . At the national court request, the reference was dealt with under the urgent procedure provided for in Article 104b of the Rules of Procedure; the reason for doing so was that […]
Resolution of the DGRN on the registration of foreing insolvency proceedings
/in /by Marta RequejoOn Monday 10, August, the Spanish Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) published the Resolution of June 11, of the Dirección General de los Registros y el Notariado (DGRN), revoking a decision of the Registro de la Propiedad de San Javier No. 1, whereby registration of two English judgments declaring bankruptcy was denied. Registration was refused on the ground […]
ABS not responsible for the Prestige disaster
/in /by Marta RequejoOn November 13, 2002, the tanker Prestige sank a few miles from the Galician coast, causing an unprecedented environmental disaster. From the Spanish legal standpoint, liability for damage caused in the oil pollution, including international jurisdiction, is governed by the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC) 1969, subsequently amended. As regards […]
19 Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales (2010)
/in /by Marta RequejoThe Spanish magazine Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales, num. 19, is already available (for free)
Country of Origin Versus Country of Destination and the Need for Minimum Substantive Harmonisation
/in /by Marta RequejoNerea Magallón is former Professor of Law at the University of the Basque Country. Nowadays she teaches Private International Law in Santiago de Compostela. She has taken part in several European research projects financed by the European Commission DGJustice, such as “Comparative Study on the situation in the 27 Members States as regards the law […]
Getting to know Spanish PIL Particularities
/in /by Marta RequejoOne of the most particular traits of the Spanish legal system results from art. 149.1.8 of the Constitution, under which “1. The State has exclusive jurisdiction over the following matters: 8- Civil legislation, without prejudice to the preservation, modification and development by Autonomous Communities of civil rights (…), where they exist.” Due to this possibility Spain […]
Securities Class Actions and Extra-Territoriality: a View from Spain
/in /by Marta RequejoLaura Carballo teaches at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She is author of Las acciones colectivas y su eficacia extraterritorial (problemas de recepción y trasplante de las class actions en Europa), De conflictu Legum, vol. 12, 2009 In 2009 Spanish investors were surprised with the news that they were also affected by Madoff’s […]