Entries by Martin George

Private International Law in Africa: Past, Present and Future

Richard Oppong (Lancaster Law School) has written an article on “Private International Law in Africa: Past, Present and Future” in the latest issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law ((2007) 55 AJCL 677-719.) Here’s the abstract: The development of private international law has stagnated in Africa for some time now. This is reflected in […]

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Norwegian Court of Appeal on the Lugano Convention Art 27

The Norwegian Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on the question of recognition in Norway of a Swedish judgment, on a distress warrant against the defendant, in accordance with the Lugano Convention. The decision (Borgarting lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-07-11, has case number LB-2007-71963, is published in LB-2007-71963, and is retrievable from

EP on the Green Paper on the Attachment of Bank Accounts

The European Parliament issued 08/10/2007 its tabled non-legislative report on the Green Paper on improving the efficiency of the enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the attachment of bank accounts (2007/2026(INI)). The report can be read