Entries by Marta Requejo

Two new IPL Regulations

Today’s Official Journal (L, nº 200), publishes two new IPL Regulations: REGULATION (EC) No 662/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 July 2009 establishing a procedure for the negotiation and conclusion of agreements between Member States and third countries on particular matters concerning the law applicable to contractual and non- contractual […]

Publications on International Surrogate Motherhood

A paper of Prof. Anna Quiñones Escámez  (Pompeu Fabra Univerity, Barcelona) has just been published in the Spanish electronic magazine InDret. The English abstract reads as follows: The following pages focus on Private International Law issues raised by the Resolution of the Spanish “Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado” (DGRN) of last February the […]

Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional Privado, vol VIII (2008)

The Anuario de Derecho Internacional Privado Español,vol. VIII, 2008 has just been released. These are its contents: Manuel Díez de Velasco Vallejo, “Adolfo Miaja de la Muela y el Derecho Internacional Privado español. A propósito de su centenario”   DOCTRINA Andrea Bonomi “El Reglamento Roma II y las relaciones con terceros Estados” Pedro J. Martínez-Fraga […]

On the Value of Choice of Forum and Choice of Law Clauses in Spain

A contract was held between two companies: a Spanish company and a foreign one. They agreed to refer any dispute concerning the contract to the courts of Barcelona (Spain), and chose Spanish law as applicable law. Later, the Spanish company decided to sue its counterparty in the United States. The foreign company believed that this behaviour […]

A new Spanish Magazine: Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional

On March 16, 2009 the first issue of a new legal journal dedicated to Private International Law has seen the light. “Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional”(CDT) (“TransnationalLaw Review”) is published by the Private International Law Section of the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. CDT is directed by Professors Alfonso-Luis Calvo and Javier Carrascosa. The new […]

AG opinion on Roda Golf (Regulation Nº 1348/00)

 On October 2007, a company named Roda Golf & Beach Resort S.L. (‘Roda Golf’), executed before a notary an instrument of notification and request, seeking the service of 16 letters giving notice of the termination of a contract on addressees residing in the United Kingdom. On November 2007, the notary appeared before the clerk of the […]