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A very interesting report of the working sessions of the 16th Annual meeting of the European Group for Private International Law (GEDIP-EGPIL), held in Coimbra on 22-24 September 2006, has been recently published on the
Since 1 Januar 2007, Germany has a new authority dealing with questions of international legal relations and international legal assistance which had fallen before in the competence of the Federal Public Prosecutor (Generalbundesanwalt) – the Bundesamt für Justiz. Thus, the Bundesamt für Justiz is now inter alia the competent authority according to: the 1980 Hague […]
It seems that the European Commission’s
From 9th to 10th November a conference will take place at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany where recent developments in private international law will be presented. Here are the areas which will be discussed: Legal and Practical Consequences of Landmark ECJ Decisions (e.g. Lugano Convention Opinion (1/03); Owusu) The European Enforcement […]
The House of Commons Select Committee on European Scrutiny has produced its
A few short articles on various aspects of private international law in family law have been published this week. They are: James Copson (Withers LLP), Alain Berger (Berger Recordon & de Saugy, Geneva) and Alexandre Boiche (Cabinet Veronique Chaveau, Paris), "Cross-border Matrimonial Law" Family Law Journal (2006) No.60 October Pages 3-5. The abstract reads: This, […]
Diana Wallis MEP, on behalf of the ALDE group, is holding a seminar on 17 October 2006 in the European Parliament. The seminar is entitled: 'A coherent legal regime for EU media – Balancing liberties. The right to be let alone v. freedom of speech'. As Ms Wallis' website states, This event will gather experts, […]
A dissertation has been published which is of particular interest with regard to the recently published
Peter Stone (University of Essex, UK) has published EU Private International Law: Harmonization of Laws, part of the Elgar European Law Series. This book focuses on harmonization of conflict laws at the European Community level, which has been driven by the introduction of a series of conventions and regulations. It offers critical assessment of these […]