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CJEU fitting an order issued in a Member State on the basis of a third State judgment within the Brussels I bis Regime, case H Limited, C-568/20

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In the judgment in Owens Bank, C-129/92, the Court of Justice held that the Brussels Convention does not apply to proceedings in a Contracting State concerning the enforcement of judgment given in civil and commercial matters in non-contracting State.

However, that judgment does not clarify whether the Convention applies to a judgment issued in a Contracting State on the basis of a judgment from a non-contracting State and, maybe more accurately, to proceedings concerning its enforcement in a different Contracting State. Unsurprisingly, as some national procedural laws provide for a possibility to ‘introduce’ a third State judgment within their system through a simplified and/or summary procedure, this question has been debated in the literature.

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Virtual Book Launch – Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law: Towards Convergence or Divergent Still?

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Further to the announcement of the release of the book edited by Dr Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit and Dharmita Prasad entitled Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law: Towards Convergence or Divergent Still (Springer 2022) earlier in this portal, the editors of the book are organising a virtual book launch to engage further in conversations surrounding the themes of the book.

The virtual book launch will be held on 29th April 2022 and it is to be hosted by Jindal Global Law School, O.P Jindal University.

It features strong panel of experts including Professor Alex Mills (University College London), Rishi Gulati (Owen Dixon Chambers East), Dr Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (Edinburgh Law School), Dr Ivana Kunda (University of Rijeka) and Professor Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law).


Please refer to the poster below of the event for details. To register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvduyrrzIuGNVE-U8VT1DthK0SZV0BudZV




Conference: Fundamental Rights in Private International Law – Present and Future in South Africa, Belgium, and The Netherlands

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We are happy to share the following information on a conference organised by Robin Cupido (University of Cape Town), Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen), and Michiel Poesen (KU Leuven), which will be held in Leuven, Belgium, and online on 16 June 2022 (languages: Dutch and Afrikaans), with funding provided by Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht.

The conveners invite all interested scholars to a one-day conference that explores the interplay between fundamental rights and private international law in the broadest sense. We are looking forward to the following presentations given by young PIL scholars from South Africa, Belgium, and The Netherlands:

  • De sociale impact van grensoverschrijdende bedrijfsmobiliteit in Europa (Marilou Hubers, Universiteit Maastricht)
  • Asymmetrische forumkeuze en recht op eerlijk proces (Nischa Vreeling, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
  • Publieke belangen in het IPR-consumentenrecht (Benedikt Schmitz, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
  • Bevoegdheid in het EU IPR: vehikel voor bescherming van fundamentele rechten? (Michiel Poesen, KU Leuven)
  • Persoonlijke identiteit v. nationale constitutionele identiteit: interactie tussen EU recht en internationaal privaatrecht (Hester Kroeze, UGent: Raad van State)
  • Die beskerming van migrante kinders in internasionale privaatreg (Robin Cupido, Universiteit van Kaapstad)
  • The Right to Freedom of Religion and Conscience: A Comparative Analysis of the Doctrine of Entanglement (Mathabo Baase, Universiteit van Kaapstad)

Special thanks to Prof. Xandra Kramer (keynote speaker), and Prof. Geert van Calster and Prof. Thalia Kruger (chairs of the roundtables).

Please click here for more information and to register.

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