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The complexity of the post Brexit era for English LLPs and foreign legal professionals in EU Member States: a French perspective

Written by Sophie Hunter, University of London (SOAS) In light of the turmoil in the UK Parliament since the start of 2019, the only certain thing about Brexit is that everything is uncertain. The Law Society of England and Wales has

The Aftermath of the CJEU’s Kuhn Judgment – Hellas triumphans in Vienna. Really.

Written by Stephan Walter, Research Fellow at the Institute for German and International Civil Procedure Law, University of Bonn, Germany Claims brought by creditors of Greek state bonds against Greece in connection with the 2012 haircut do not fall under the substantive scope of the Brussels Ibis Regulation because they stem from the exercise of […]

Is there a need for international conventions on legal parentage (incl. international surrogacy arrangements)?

The Experts’ Group on Parentage / Surrogacy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has answered in the affirmative. At its fifth meeting earlier this year, the Experts’ Group agreed that it would be feasible to develop both: a general private international law instrument on the recognition of foreign judicial decisions on legal […]

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Call for abstracts for works in progress (WIP) conference and student writing competition

The Sydney Centre for International Law is hosting a Works in Progress (WIP) Conference and Student Writing Competition in association with its annual International Year in Review Conference.  WIP proposals are due by 1 November 2022, and writing submissions are due by 9 January 2023.  The first prize in the writing competition is $1000 and […]

Call for Papers: ‘Law in the Age of Modern Technologies’, 10 February 2023, University of Milan

The University of Milan, on behalf of the DIGinLaw consortium (also comprising Josip Juraj Strossmayer, the University of Osijek, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Zagreb – University Computing Centre (SRCE)), is organising an International Conference on ‘Law in the Age of Modern Technologies’, hosted in Milan on 10 February 2023. Digitalization strongly […]