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Italian Self-Proclaimed Overriding Mandatory Provisions to Fight Coronavirus
By Ennio Piovesani. The author is a PhD Student at the Università degli Studi di Torino and at the Universität zu Köln. Summary The Italian Government has adopted a series of Decree-Laws [1] introducing measures to fight the emergency caused by the “new” Coronavirus. These measures include “self-proclaimed” overriding mandatory provisions on the reimbursement of […]
Service of Documents on Insurance Companies: The ECJ in the Corporis/Gefion Insurance Case
The Court of Justice of the European Union on 27th February 2020 delivered its judgment in Corporis/Gefion Insurance, Case C-25/19. The case concerned rules surrounding service of documents in a specific, yet increasingly common context. Corporis is a Polish insurance company, who was assigned damages by the owner of a vehicle following a car accident […]
Mareva injunctions in support of foreign proceedings
In Bi Xiaoqing v China Medical Technologies [2019] SGCA 50, the Singapore Court of Appeal provided clarity on the extent of the court’s power to grant Mareva relief in support of foreign proceedings. The first and second respondents were companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. The action was pursued by […]
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Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) No 4/2022: Abstracts
The fourth issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released. It features: Christian Kohler, Honorary Professor at the University of Saarland, Private International Law Aspects of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on SLAPPs (‘Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation’) The Commission’s proposal for […]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2023: Abstracts
The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: (These abstracts can also be found at the IPRax-website under the following link:
Repeal of the RECJA and transfer of countries to the REFJA
Singapore’s Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act 1921 (‘RECJA’) is based on the UK Administration of Justice Act 1920 and its Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 1959 (‘REFJA’) is based on the UK Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933. In 2019, the government amended the REFJA in significant ways (previously detailed