Entries by Matthias Weller

Friendly Reminder: 4th German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law – Call for Papers Deadline

by JProf. Dr. Katharina Kaesling, LL.M. (College of Europe) Proposals for conference presentations and short presentations at the fourth conference for young German-speaking scholars in private international law (“IPR-Nachwuchstagung”) in February 2023 can be submitted until 12th September 2022. The organisers are welcoming all contributions by young scholars that deal with the theme of the […]

Opinion by AG Maciej Szpunar of 14 July 2022 in C- 354/21 – R.J.R., Intervener Registru centras, on the interpretation of the European Succession Regulation: “Extended substitution” in light of mutual trust?

The deceased, living in Germany, leaving as her sole heir her son, who also lives in Germany, owned immovable property in Germany and Lithuania. Her son obtained a European Certificate of Succession from the German authorities, naming him as the sole heir of the deceased’s entire estate. He presented the certificate to the Lithuanian authorities […]