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ELI Webinar Series on the Application of the EU Succession Regulation in the Member States

A new series of webinars on the application of the EU Succession Regulation in the Member States will be organised in the framework of the ELI SiG Family and Succession Law. In five webinars of two hours each, representatives of the Member States will talk about their experiences within their respective legal systems.

The organizers state the objectives of the event series as follows (emphasis added):

“Join us for the webinar series on the ‘Application of the EU Succession Regulation in the Member States

The five webinars organized within the Special Interest Group on Family and Succession Law of the European Law Institute will take place between March and June 2022 and shall shed light on the actual practice regarding cross border succession cases in the Member States. The reporters will open the webinars with short introductory statements and will then take part in a lively panel discussion on the application of the EU Succession Regulation in their respective jurisdictions. The results of these webinars will be presented as comparative reports at an online conference in September 2022.

Attendance is free of charge. A ZOOM link will be sent to those who register by sending an e-mail to  zivilrecht@uni-graz.at

For more information see the program (provided below)!

Gregor Christandl        Jens Kleinschmidt       Jan Peter Schmidt

Univeristät Graz                   Universität Trier          Max Planck Institute

PANEL 1 TUESDAY, 15 MARCH, 4-6 pm CET
Belgium Patrick Wautelet, Université de Liège
Estonia Karin Sein, University of Tartu
France Stefan Stade, ArteJURIS Cabinet d’Avocats, Strasbourg
Portugal Afonso Patrão, University of Coimbra
PANEL 2 TUESDAY, 5 APRIL, 4-6 pm CET
Bulgaria Boriana Musseva, University of Sofia
Latvia Janis Grasis, Riga Stradins University
Malta Paul George Pisani, Notary Public, Victoria
The Netherlands Katja Zimmermann, University of Groningen
Spain Guillermo Palao Moreno, University of Valencia
PANEL 3 TUESDAY, 26 APRIL, 4-6 pm CET
Czech Republic Magdalena Pfeiffer, Charles University, Prague
Germany Lena Kunz, University of Heidelberg
Lithuania Katažyna Bogdzevic, Mykolas Romeris University
Poland Anna Wysocka-Bar, Jagiellonian University
Romania Daniel Berlingher, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad
PANEL 4 TUESDAY, 31 MAY, 4-6 pm CET
Austria Brigitta Lurger, University of Graz
Croatia Mirela Župan, University of Osijek
Hungary Csongor István Nagy, University of Szeged
Slovakia Elena Judova, Matej Bel University
Slovenia Jerca Kramberger Škerl, University of Ljubljana
PANEL 5 TUESDAY, 21 JUNE, 4-6 pm CET
Cyprus Achilles Emilianides, University of Nicosia
Finland Tuulikki Mikkola, University of Turku
Greece Haris P. Pamboukis, Giorgos Nikolaidis, University of Athens
Italy Domenico Damascelli, University of Salento
Sweden Michael Bogdan, University of Lund ”

Additional information may be obtained from the accompanying PDF Document.

 

The seventh EFFORTS Newsletter is here!

EFFORTS (Towards more EFfective enFORcemenT of claimS in civil and commercial matters within the EU) is an EU-funded Project conducted by the University of Milan (coord.), the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, the University of Heidelberg, the Free University of Brussels, the University of Zagreb, and the University of Vilnius.

The seventh EFFORTS Newsletter has just been released, giving access to up-to-date information about the Project, save-the-dates on forthcoming events, conferences and webinars, and news from the area of international and comparative civil procedural law.

In this framework, the EFFORTS International Exchange Seminar was organised and hosted online by the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg on February 25th, 2022: an account of the resulting engaged discussions between academics and practitioners in the field of cross-border enforcement of claims will be given in the Report on practices in a comparative and cross-border perspective, to be published soon on the Project website.

Regular updates are also available via the Project’s LinkedIn and Facebook pages.

Project JUST-JCOO-AG-2019-881802
With financial support from the Civil Justice Programme of the European Union

Conference on ‘Regulation Brussels I-bis: a standard for free circulation of judgments and mutual trust in the EU’, 21-22 April 2022

The Conference represents the final event of the JUDGTRUST Project, funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union. The objective of the Project is to identify best practices and to provide guidelines in the interpretation and application of Regulation 1215/2012 (BI-bis). The JUDGTRUST Project is coordinated by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and carried out in partnership with the University of Hamburg, the University of Antwerp and the Internationaal Juridisch Instituut.

The Conference will host panels on, inter alia, the scope of application, relationship with other instruments, rules on jurisdiction, provisional measures, as well as enforcement and recognition of foreign judgments. Additionally, the key findings from the National Reports of the EU Member States will be presented. It aims to bring together academics, policy makers and legal practitioners. It will take place on 21 – 22 April 2022 at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague.

Further information and a link for registration can be found @ T.M.C. Asser Instituut – Events.

Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Markus Tobias Kotzur, University of Hamburg
Dr. Vesna Lazic, Asser Institute, The Hague; Utrecht University
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hess, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law
Mr. David Althoff, International Legal Institute, The Hague
Prof. Dr. Louise Ellen Teitz, Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hau, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Antonio Leandro, University of Bari
Mr. Michiel de Rooij, Asser Institute, The Hague
Prof. Dr. Javier Carrascosa González, University of Murcia
Prof. Dr. Pietro Franzina, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan
Prof. Dr. Gilles Cuniberti, University of Luxembourg
Dr. Fieke van Overbeeke, International Legal Institute, The Hague
Dr. Mukarrum Ahmed, University of Lancaster
Prof. Dr. Jachin Van Doninck, Free University Brussels
Prof. Dr. Luis de Lima Pinheiro, University of Lisbon
Ms. Lisette Frohn, International Legal Institute, The Hague
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Añoveros Terradas, University of Barcelona
Dr. Pontian Okoli, University of Stirling
Prof. Dr. Francesca Clara Villata, University of Milan

Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Johan Meeusen, University of Antwerp
Prof. Dr. Marta Pertegás Sender, University of Antwerp
Dr. Fieke van Overbeeke, International Legal Institute, The Hague
Ms. Lisette Frohn, International Legal Institute, The Hague

Coordinator

JUDGTRUST is coordinated by Vesna Lazic, senior researcher in private international law at the Asser Institute. She is part of the ‘Public interest(s) inside/within international and European institutions and their practices’ research strand. She has published extensively on international trade law, international commercial arbitration, and European private international law.