EAPIL Blog
- Dagan and Peari on Choice of Law and Private Law Theory
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv University) and Sagi Peari (University of Western Australia) have posted on Choice of Law Meets Private Law Theory on SSRN. Choice of law can, and often should, be an important (…)
25 mai 2023
- Michaels on PIL and the Legal Pluriverse
Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute Hamburg) has posted Private International Law and the Legal Pluriverse on SSRN. The abstract reads: Private international law responds to the plurality of existing (…)
17 mai 2023
- EAPIL Does Not Need Help, Thanks
Several EAPIL members have received over the last few days the same e-mail, allegedly sent by the President, asking them to help the association. Unsurprisingly, those who answered the e-mail have rec (…)
10 mai 2023
- Revue Critique de Droit International Privé – Issue 1 of 2023
The first issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé of 2023 is primarily dedicated to the Restatement Third of Conflict of Laws. Restatement Third Lea Brilmayer (Yale) starts the discus (…)
28 avril 2023
- French Conference Proceedings and Video on Ex Officio Application of Choice of Law Rules
Judge François Ancel (Cour de cassation) and Professor Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nice) are the editors of a book on the Respective Roles of (French) Courts and Parties in the Application of Cho (…)
20 avril 2023
- French Debates on Desirability of National Code of PIL
The desirability of adopting a French code of private international law in a field dominated by EU law is hotly debated in France. In October 2022, the French Committee of Private International Law ho (…)
31 mars 2023
- European Parliament Study on Efficient Cooperation with the UK
Lotario Benedetto Dittrich (University of Trieste) has written a Study at the request of the JURI committee of the European Parliament on Ensuring Efficient Cooperation with the UK in civil law matter (…)
24 mars 2023
- Paris Conference on State Immunity from Enforcement
On 13 April 2023, the University Paris Dauphine will host a conference on State Immunity from Enforcement (L’immunité d’exécution de l’Etat). The conference will be divided in four parts. The first wi (…)
28 février 2023
- French Supreme Court Rules Certificate Provided for in Article 53 Brussels I bis May Be Served 5 Minutes before Enforcement
In a judgment of 11 January 2023, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that enforcement measures can be validly carried out 5 minutes after the certifica (…)
21 février 2023
- EAPIL Working Group on Brussels I bis Regulation Reform: Preliminary Report and Survey
The EAPIL Working Group on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation has issued a preliminary position paper formulating proposals for reforming the Regulation. The proposals are based on the opinio (…)
13 février 2023
- EAPIL Working Group on the Law Applicable to Digital Assets
Matthias Lehmann (University of Vienna) and Gilles Cuniberti (University of Luxembourg) are considering establishing an EAPIL Working Group on the Law Governing Digital Assets. The first project of th (…)
9 février 2023
- French Supreme Court Rules on Scope of Exclusive Jurisdiction over Company Registry
In a judgment of 11 January 2023, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the place where a public registry (…)
2 février 2023
- EU Commission Launches Infringement Procedure against Poland for Violation of Brussels IIa Regulation
The European Commission has announced earlier today that it has sent a letter of formal notice to Poland (INFR(2021)2001) for failure to fulfil its obligations under the Brussels IIa Regulation. The i (…)
26 janvier 2023
- Paris Court of Appeal Rules on Law governing Misappropriation of Funds
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgment of 8 November 2022, the international commercial chamber at the Paris Court (…)
24 janvier 2023
- CJEU Rules Search Powers Exclude the Application of the Brussels I bis Regulation
On 22 December 2022, the CJEU ruled on the concept of civil and commercial matters in Eurelec Trading & Scabel v. (French) Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances (case C‑98/22). The case, which is not (…)
16 janvier 2023