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There is a short note by Katherine Reece Thomas in Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law (B.J.I.B. & F.L. 2006, 21(10), 432-434) on "State immunity and sovereign debt developments". Here's the abstract: Reviews case law on state immunity for sovereign debts, including: (1) Grovit v De Nederlandsche Bank on whether a state bank […]
There are a few case comments and articles on private international law in various practitioner updates this month in the UK. These include: 1. "Court authority over internet sites based abroad"
Symeon C. Symeonides (Williamette University, College of Law, USA) has just posted an article on SSRN entitled, "Party Autonomy and Private-Law Making in Private Intrernational Law: The Lex Mercatoria that Isn't". Here's the abstract: This essay discusses “non-state norms” from the perspective of American conflicts law. Commonly referred to as the “new lex mercatoria,” these […]
The American Branch's 2006 International Law Weekend 2006 will be held on Thursday-Saturday, October 26-28, 2006, at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (42 West 44th St, New York, NY). The theme this year is "The Evolving World of International Law." The panels on private international law focus on the […]
The aim of the Butterworths International Commercial Litigation Handbook is to be a repository of "United Kingdom primary and secondary legislation, with key European Community and international materials" relating to international commercial disputes before the courts in England, Wales and Scotland. Publication details and a table of contents can be found in the earlier
Butterworths have just published the new edition of the International Commercial Litigation Handbook, edited by Andrew Dickinson; Roger Baggallay; Graham McBain; and Laurence Murphy QC. Butterworths International Commerical Litigation Handbook brings together in a single volume key UK, EC and international materials which are essential for litigation and arbitration lawyers, as well as criminal and commercial […]
Maccaba v Lictenstein [2006] EWHC 1901 (QB) The court held that, for there to be an arbitration agreement, there had to be an agreement evidenced in writing between the two prospective parties to the arbitration. In the instant case, no such enforceable agreement as argued for by the applicant had been proved on the evidence […]