About Thalia Kruger
Thalia Kruger obtained her BA and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Thereafter she completed her PHD at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium on “Civil jurisdiction rules in the EU and their impact on third States” (subsequently published by Oxford University Press under the same title). While working on her PHD, she was a teaching and research assistant at the Law Faculty’s Institute for Private International Law where she tutored and lectured on various aspects of private international law and international business law. She has also participated in a research project funded by the European Commission on “International Civil litigation in Europe and relations with third States”.
Thalia subsequently worked at the Flemish Centre for Minorities where she give legal advice on Private International Law in family matters and then conducted EU funded research on international child abduction for Child Focus, an NGO working with sexually exploited and disappeared children.
Thalia is currently senior lecturer in Private International Law at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and honorary research associate at the University of Cape Town (South Africa).
Entries by Thalia Kruger
UK & Lugano: no
/1 Comment/in News/by Thalia KrugerThanks to Emmanuel Guinchard for the tip-off. The European Commission is not agreeing to the the accession by the United Kingdom to the
Pax Moot underway
/in News/by Thalia Kruger23 teams from al over the globe are participating in the
European Parliament Resolution on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
/2 Comments/in Views/by Thalia KrugerOur blog has reported earlier on the
Conference on Protecting Vulnerable Adults across Europe, 30 March 2021
/in News/by Thalia KrugerThanks to Pietro Franzina for the tip. The Ministry of Justice of Portugal is organising a
WEBINAR: Impact in Quebec and in France of the new European Regulation on Successions
/in News/by Thalia KrugerInvitation by Angélique Devaux, Notary The “Chaire du Notariat” of the University of Montreal is organising a webinar on 17 March 2021 at 9am (EST) on the impact in Quebec and in France of the new European Regulation on Successions. Through practical cases, the speakers will deal with the resolution and prevention of disputes in […]
Nottingham Arbitration Talk on Wednesday 17 March 2021
/in News/by Thalia KrugerInvitation by Dr Orsolya Toth, Assistant Professor in Commercial Law, University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre will hold its inaugural Nottingham Arbitration Talk on Wednesday 17 March at 2-4 pm. The Centre is delighted to welcome distinguished speakers to the event drawn from both academia and practice. The Keynote address will be […]
Recommendation in The Netherlands to suspend intercountry adoptions
/in Views/by Thalia KrugerThe Committee Investigating Intercountry Adoption, has recommended that The Netherlands suspend intercountry adoptions. The interdisciplinary committee considered the history and legal evolution, and did an in-depth investigation into adoptions from five selected countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka). It looked into the consequences for the people involved (adoptees, birth families and adoptive families), the […]