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One Private International Law Article published in the First Issue of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly for 2023
One recent article on private international law was published today in International and Comparative Law Quarterly:
A Chong, “Characterisation and Choice of Law for Knowing Receipt”
Knowing receipt requires the satisfaction of disparate elements under English domestic law. Its characterisation under domestic law is also unsettled. These in turn affect the issues of characterisation and choice of law at the private international law level, as knowing receipt sits at the intersection of the laws of equity, restitution, wrongs and property. This article argues that under the common law knowing receipt ought to be considered as sui generis for choice of law purposes and governed by the law of closest connection to the claim. Where the Rome II Regulation applies, knowing receipt fits better within the tort rather than unjust enrichment category and the escape clause in Article 4(3) of the Regulation ought to apply.
Conference on PIL Aspects of the Digital Market Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA)
On Friday, January 20, 2023, the University of Strasbourg (France) will host a conference on the PIL aspects of the Digital Market Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), organized by Etienne Farnoux, Nicolas Gillet, Kansu Okyay and Delphine Porcheron.
The conference is structured in two parts. The first will be dedicated to general presentation of the new regulations. The second will address specific topics in private international law.
Full Programme:
14h00 : Propos Introductif
Delphine Porcheron, Maître de conférences à l’Université de Strasbourg – CDPF
et Etienne Farnoux, Professeur à l’Université de Strasbourg – DRES1re session – Présentation générale des règlements et étude du conflit de lois
Présidence : Delphine Porcheron, Maître de conférences à l’Université de Strasbourg – CDPF14h10 : Présentation du règlement DMA
Frédérique Berrod, Professeure à Sciences Po Strasbourg – CEIE14h30 : Présentation du règlement DSA
Stéphanie Carre, Maître de conférences HDR à l’Université de Strasbourg – CEIPI14h50 : Scope of the regulations and conflicts of laws
Tobias Lutzi, Professeur à l’Université de Augsburg15h10 : Questions et échange avec la salle
15h30 : Pause
2e session – Les règlements et le contentieux
Présidence : Etienne Farnoux, Professeur à l’Université de Strasbourg – DRES16h00 : Le contentieux devant les juridictions étatiques
Yves El Hage, Maître de conférences à l’Université Lyon 3 – CREDIP16h20 : Les modes extrajudiciaires de règlement des litiges
Nurten Kansu Okyay, Maître de conférences contractuelle à l’Université de Strasbourg – CEIE16h50 : Conclusions
Delphine Porcheron, Maître de conférences à l’Université de Strasbourg – CDPF
Etienne Farnoux, Professeur à l’Université de Strasbourg – DRES17h00 : Clôture
The conference will be held both in site and online. The full program and details about the location and registration can be found here.
Conference on the evaluation of the European Succession Regulation, 20 January 2023
Colleagues at the University of Heidelberg are organising this conference on 20 Januari 2023 at the
Auditorium of the Neue Universität at Heidelberg University, Universitätsplatz 1, 69117 Heidelberg.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in German, English and French.
Background:
The European Succession Regulation (Reg. 650/12) is due for evaluation ten years after its entry into force in August 2015 (Art. 82 Reg. 650/12).
The European Commission must submit its report on the application of the European Succession Regulation by 18 August 2025.
The upcoming evaluation gives an opportunity to reflect on various questions in light of the practical experience gained so far. Although the European Succession Regulation has proven successful in practice, there are many open questions which the ever-growing body of European Court of Justice case-law has not yet answered. These questions fuel a lively debate, both internationally and within the Member States. Hence, the outcome of the evaluation process is not predictable and the German view is only one of many that will contribute to the political decision-making process. Contrasting national views must be reconciled.
The first findings of a pan-European study on the experiences and expectations of legal practice with regard to Reg. 650/12 are now available. The study (MAPE Successions) is carried out by the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (C.N.U.E.) with the cooperation of the German Federal Chamber of Notaries (Bundesnotarkammer).
This study is an opportunity to map out the future objectives of the discussion on the evaluation of Reg. 650/12 from the perspective of academia and legal practice. At the same time, the conference provides a broad circle of legal practitioners with the opportunity to feed their experiences and insights into the reform process and discuss with renowned stakeholders.
Participation is free, but registration is required by 5 January 2023: notareg@igr.uni-heidelberg.de
Programme:
1 p.m. Welcome reception with lunchtime snack
2.15 p.m. Welcoming address and introduction
Prof. Dr. Christian Baldus, Heidelberg
2.30 p.m. The European Succession Regulation in the System of European Private International and Procedural Law: More “Brussels-Rome 0” after the Revision?
Prof. Dr. Martin Gebauer, Tübingen, Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart
3.15 p.m. Presentation of the MAPE Successions study: What do practitioners expect from the revision of the European Succession Regulation?
Notary Christian Schall, LL.M. (Edinburgh), Marktheidenfeld
4 p.m. Questions and discussion
4.15 p.m. Coffee break
4.45 p.m. The European Succession Regulation in German judicial practice
Dr. Carl-Friedrich Nordmeier, Judge at the Regional Court of Frankfurt
5.30 p.m. Panel discussion followed by questions from the audience: European experiences with the application of the European Succession Regulation
Presenter: Notary Dr. Thomas Raff, Ludwigshafen
France, Maître de conférences HDR Paul Klötgen, Nancy
Luxembourg, Notary Anja Holtz, Esch-sur-Alzette
Poland, Notary Tomasz Kot, Krakow, Vice President of the Polish Chamber of Notaries (Krajowa Rada Notarialna)
Portugal, Notary Prof. Sofia Henriques, Lisbon
Sweden, Attorney Ulf Bergquist, Stockholm
Spain, Notary Dr. Isidoro Calvo Vidal, A Coruña
7 p.m.Closing remarks
Notary Dr. Andrea Stutz, Konstanz, Vice President of the Chamber of Notaries of Baden-Württemberg
7.15 p.m. End of conference