EAPIL Blog
- French Court Denies Enforcement for Lack of Service of Article 53 Brussels I bis Certificate
In a judgment of 28 January 2025, the Court of Appeal of Grenoble (France) ruled that a Luxembourg judgement could not be enforced in France in the absence of service of an Article 53 Brussels I bis c (…)
16 juillet 2025
- International Commercial Courts: Will Paris Eat London’s Lunch?
The establishment of an international chamber in the Paris Commercial Court aimed at competing with and divesting judicial business from the London Commercial Court. As the possibility that the United (…)
4 juillet 2025
- Perspectives Contentieuses Internationales: Issue 2 of 2025
The latest issue of the new French journal dedicated to international dispute resolution, Perspectives Contentieuses internationales (PCI), has been released. It is an open access publication and can (…)
4 juillet 2025
- Towards an EU Law on International Commercial Arbitration?
A working group composed of French scholars chaired by Professors Mathias Audit and Sylvain Bollée (both Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University) has issued a report on the opportunity of the EU lawmaker (…)
30 juin 2025
- New French Book on the Circulation of Companies under EU Law
Mathieu Combert and Jérémy Heymann are the editors of a book on the Circulation of Companies under EU Law (La circulation des sociétés en droit de l’Union européenne). The purpose of the book is to ta (…)
29 mai 2025
- French Supreme Court Declines to Align French PIL with Granarolo
In a judgment of 12 March 2025, the French supreme court for civil and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) decided that it would not align characterisation for the purpose of its national rules of in (…)
5 mai 2025
- D’Avout on Searching for Worldwide Legal Coherence
The general course given by Louis d’Avout (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas) in 2022 at the Hague Academy of International Law on Searching for Worldwide Legal Coherence (La cohérence mondiale du droit (…)
24 avril 2025
- French Ministry of Justice Directs Public Officials to Register Foreign Surrogacy Judgments
On 9 April 2025, the French Ministry of Justice issued instructions for the public prosecutors of Nantes and Rennes, who are responsible of the French central status registry, to register parentage as (…)
15 avril 2025
- French Supreme Court Rules Article 25 Brussels I bis Lacks Overriding Mandatory Provision Exception
In a judgment of 2 April 2025, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that there is no exception in Article 25 of the Brussels I bis Regulation to the enfo (…)
7 avril 2025
- Perspectives Contentieuses Internationales: Issue 1 of 2025
The latest issue of the new French journal dedicated to international dispute resolution, Perspectives Contentieuses internationales (PCI), has been released. It is an open access publication and can (…)
26 mars 2025
- CJEU Rules on Validity of Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses
On 27 February 2025, the CJEU delivered its ruling in Case C‑537/23, Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v. Agora SARL. The case was referred by the French Cour de cassation which, at last, asked the CJ (…)
27 février 2025
- EAPIL Working Group on Property Law Publishes Interim Results
The EAPIL Working Group on International Property Law has been working for almost four years on a draft instrument on the applicable law to property rights in tangible assets. It has held regular meet (…)
21 février 2025
- Journal du Droit International Celebrates 150th Anniversary
The French Journal du Droit International, also known as Clunet after the name of its founder, celebrates its 150th birthday. On this occasion, a celebratory volume will soon be published. It contains (…)
14 février 2025
- EAPIL Launches Book Series
The European Association of Private International Law is delighted to announce the establishment of its own book series with Edward Elgar. The European Association of Private International Law Series (…)
6 février 2025
- New Phishing Emails sent on behalf of EAPIL
Many thanks to the members who have informed me of the relatively sophisticated phishing email that they received today in my name, asking for assistance. As always, the email address was suspicious. (…)
14 janvier 2025