EAPIL Blog
- CJEU Rules on Jurisdiction against Defendant Previously Domiciled in the EU
On 11 April 2024, the CJEU delivered its judgment in case C-183/23, Credit Agricole Bank Polska. The case was concerned with a consumer who was previously domiciled in a Member State, but who had relo (…)
22 avril 2024
- French Supreme Court Rules on Enforcement of Italian Decisions in Late Paternity Case
This post was written by Mathilde Codazzi, who is a doctoral student at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas. In a judgment of 13 December 2023, the French Cour de cassation ruled that Italian decis (…)
26 mars 2024
- Rail Protocol Enters into Force
The Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment entered into force on 8 March 2024. Resolving Conflit Mobile One of the main goals of the Cape Town Convent (…)
19 mars 2024
- Inkreal: Bypassing National Rules Governing Jurisdiction Clauses?
This is the second contribution to the EAPIL Online Symposium on Inkreal. The first contribution was written by Sergi Gimenez. As reported earlier on this blog, the CJEU ruled in Inkreal s.r.o. v. Dú (…)
26 février 2024
- New Edition of French Leading Treatise on Brussels I bis Regulation and Lugano Convention
The seventh edition of the French leading treatise on the European law of jurisdiction and foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters (Compétence et exécution des jugements en Europe – Règlemen (…)
15 février 2024
- Applicable Law to Time Limit to Enforce Foreign Judgments: the View of the French Supreme Court (Part II)
In a previous post, I presented the traditional approach of the French Supreme Court in civil and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) on the applicable law to the time limit to enforce foreign judgme (…)
17 janvier 2024
- Ukrainian Surrogate Mothers Giving Birth in France
An unintended consequence of the war in Ukraine is that a number of Ukrainian surrogate mothers have travelled to other countries to give birth. The French press has reported that surrogate mothers wh (…)
11 janvier 2024
- Conference on Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Against Sovereigns
The University of Luxembourg will host a conference on Enforcing Arbitral Awards against Sovereigns: Recent Trends and Practice on 10 January 2024. The conference is organised in partnership with Bonn (…)
3 janvier 2024
- Conference on Paris International Commercial Courts
The Paris Court of Appeal will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of its chamber dedicated to international disputes in a symposium on December 13th, 2023 (4-7 pm). This will be an o (…)
8 décembre 2023
- New Phishing attempt on Behalf of EAPIL
Dear readers, dear EAPIL Members, You might have received the email below, from gilles.cuniberti@gmx.de. This is a fraud, please do not answer. GC Dear xx, How are you doing today?. Please, I need (…)
20 novembre 2023
- Applicable Law to Time Limit to Enforce Foreign Judgments: the View of the French Supreme Court (Part I)
This is the second of a series of posts which will present how the issue of the applicable law to the time limit to enforce or recognise foreign judgments is addressed in comparative private internati (…)
20 novembre 2023
- Applicable Law to Time Limit to Enforce Foreign Judgments: the View of the Swiss Federal Tribunal
This is the first of a series of posts which will present how the issue of the applicable law to the time limit to enforce or recognise foreign judgments is addressed in comparative private internatio (…)
2 novembre 2023
- Gonçalves on the Material Limits of the Succession Regulation
Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves (University of Minho) has posted The material limits of the European Succession Regulation on SSRN. The abstract reads: Cross-border successions have their legal fram (…)
12 octobre 2023
- London Steamship: English Court Declines to Follow Ultra Vires CJEU Judgment
On 20 June 2022, the CJEU rendered its judgment in London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Assistance Association Ltd v Spain. The judgment, which dramatically altered the understanding of the arbitration ex (…)
11 octobre 2023
- Flatow v. Iran – French Supreme Court Rules on Sovereign Immunity in Exequatur Proceedings
In a judgment of 28 June 2023, the French Supreme Court for Private and Criminal Matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that foreign states may rely on their immunity from suit in exequatur proceedings. As (…)
21 septembre 2023