The German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer – BRAK) and the German Israeli Lawyer’s Association (DIJV) will host a comparative, English-language workshop on legal tech in legal education. Confirmed Speakers are Professor Ruth Janal (University of Bayreuth), Dr. Aviv Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, IDC Herzliya) and Professor Christian Wolf (Leibniz University, Hanover). The workshop will take place via Zoom on 2 December 2021. For further information and registration, see here.

In its judgment delivered this Thursday in the case IB, C-289/20, the Court of Justice addresses the issue of multiple places of residence under the Brussels II bis Regulation in the context of a request for a preliminary ruling originating from the proceedings for a divorce.

As a reminder, the preliminary question referred to the Court in this case reads as follows:

Where, as in the present case, it is apparent from the factual circumstances that one of the spouses divides his time between two Member States, is it permissible to conclude, in accordance with and for the purposes of the application of Article 3 of [the Brussels II bis Regulation] that he or she is habitually resident in two Member States, such that, if the conditions listed in that article are met in two Member States, the courts of those two States have equal jurisdiction to rule on the divorce?  Read more...

Yesterday the Mexican Senate appointed Loretta Ortiz Ahlf as a new Justice at the Mexican Supreme Court (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México). She is a senior member (miembro numerario) of the Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP). Loretta Ortiz Ahlf has had several political and legal positions in the Mexican government as a Congress Representative, Advisor of Human Rights, among others. For more information, click here.

This appointment will certainly further the knowledge of Private International Law and Human Rights at the Mexican Supreme Court.

The Pax Moot Court competition of 2022 has been launched! This is the Borrás round – in memory of the great Private International Law scholar Alegría Borrás of Barcelona.

The facts of the case, the rules and the schedule are available at www.paxmoot.eu.

Students and coaches will find, like every year, elements of EU law and the global context, procedural technicalities and societal issues.

The third issue of 2021 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released. It features:

Cristina Campiglio, Professor at the University of Pavia, Conflitti positivi e negativi di giurisdizione in materia matrimoniale (Positive and Negative Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters)  Read more...