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Recognition and Enforcement of Chinese Monetary Judgments in Australia based on Chinese Citizenship
The Australian common law does not require reciprocity for recognizing and enforcing foreign judgments. Therefore, although Chinese courts have never recognized and enforced an Australian monetary judgment, Australian courts have recognized and enforced Chinese judgments. Thus far, there have been two Chinese judgments recognized and enforced in Australia (both in the State of Victoria). In […]
A King without Land – the Assignee under the Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on the law applicable to the third-party effects of assignments of claims
Professor Dr. Robert Freitag, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen, has kindly provided us with his thoughts on the proposal for a Regulation on Third-Party Effects of Assigment: Article 14 para. (1) of Regulation Rome I subjects the relationship between assignor and assignee under a voluntary assignment of a claim to the law that applies to the contract between the […]
The Italian Supreme Court rules on the effects of the opposition to a European Order for Payment
In case of opposition to a European Order for Payment, Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 (latest consolidated version) states: “the proceedings shall continue before the competent courts of the Member State of origin unless the claimant has explicitly requested that the proceedings be terminated in that event. The proceedings shall continue in […]
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Date change: AMEDIP’s annual seminar to take place from 23 to 25 November 2022
The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) will be holding its annual XLV Seminar entitled “Private International Law in the conformation of a new international order” (el derecho internacional privado en la conformación de un nuevo orden internacional) from 23 to 25 November 2022. This will be a hybrid event. The seminar […]
9th Journal of Private International Law Conference: Deadline for submission of abstracts
The 9th Journal of Private International Law conference will be hosted by the Yong Pung School of Law, Singapore Management University on 3rd to 5th August 2023. A reminder that the deadline to submit abstracts is Friday 16 December 2022. The Call for Papers can be found
CJEU on recognition of extrajudicial divorces, case Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport, C-646/20
It does not happen often that the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice delivers a judgment on interpretation of EU private international law instruments. In fact, as the highly interesting