Entries by Matthias Weller

Final Call: The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters between the EU and Third Countries — Pre-Conference Video Roundtable University of Bonn / HCCH on 29 October 2020

                The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters between the EU and Third Countries Pre-Conference Video Roundtable University of Bonn / HCCH Thursday, 29 October 2020, 6.30 p.m. (UTC+1) (via Zoom)   Speakers: Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH […]

EUFams II Online Final Conference, Friday 30 October 2020, 9.30 – 13.00 h

EUFams II is a study funded by the European Commission with the objective of assessing the functioning and the effectiveness of European family and succession law. The project is coordinated by the Institute for Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws and International Business Law at Heidelberg University (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer). Project partners are […]

Venezuelan PIL Master Classes

by José Antonio Briceño Laborí, Professor of Private International Law, Universidad Central de Venezuela y Universidad Católica Andrés Bello The Master’s Program in Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela started on October 1st a series of conferences titled “Master Classes – Selected Topics on Private International Law” held in the […]

Out now: Yearbook of Private International Law XXI (2019/2020)

   TABLE OF CONTENTS ________________ Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………… xi Abbreviations …………………………………………………………………………………… xiii Doctrine Janeen CARRUTHERS Discerning the Meaning of “Habitual Residence of the Child” in UK Courts – A Case for the Oracle of Delphi ……………………………………… 1 Christian KOHLER The EU Succession Regulation before the German Courts 2016-2019 ….. 37 Mihail DANOV Cross-Border Litigation – New […]