EAPIL Blog
- French Conference on the Location of Damage in PIL
A conference on the location of damage in private international law will be held at Paris Cité University on 30 and 31 May 2022. The conference is convened by Olivera Boskovic and Caroline Kleiner. Sp (…)
13 mai 2022
- Renvoi under the French Draft PIL Code
This is the first in a series of posts on the French draft code of private international law of March 2022. The draft code of private international law contains one single provision on renvoi. The Pro (…)
11 mai 2022
- Towards a French Code of Private International Law?
In July 2018, the French Minister of Justice invited Jean-Pierre Ancel, a former judge of the Cour de cassation (French supreme court for private and criminal matters) to establish a working group for (…)
11 mai 2022
- New Monograph on Choice of Court Agreements under the 2005 Hague Convention
Zohra Mchirgui (University of Tunis) has published a monograph on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements under the 2005 Hague Convention (L’accord exclusif d’élection de for à travers la Convention de L (…)
25 avril 2022
- Whytock on Transnational Litigation in US Courts
Christopher A. Whytock (University of California at Irvine School of law) has posted Transnational Litigation in U.S. Courts: A Theoretical and Empirical Reassessment on SSRN. The abstract reads: It i (…)
21 avril 2022
- ECtHR Rules on Enforcement through Restriction from Leaving the Jurisdiction
In a judgment of 11 May 2021 (Stetsov v. Ukraine; final version: 11 August 2021), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on whether commercial claims may be enforced by restraining the debto (…)
12 avril 2022
- EU Commission Draft EU-UK Bilateral Judgments Treaty
On 31 March 2022, the EU Commission disclosed that it has been working on a proposal for a bilateral treaty to be concluded with the UK focused on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. The (…)
1 avril 2022
- Tribute to Emmanuel Gaillard
Several French learned societies (International Arbitration Institute, Comité français de l’arbitrage, Comité français de droit international privé, French Branch of the International Law Association, (…)
25 mars 2022
- French Supreme Court rules on Scope of State Immunities of Enforcement
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the university Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgment of 3 November 2021, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matte (…)
15 mars 2022
- Paris Conference on the Brussels I bis Regulation
On 15 March 2022, Marta Requejo (Référendaire at the CJEU; Professor of Private International Law at the University of La Laguna) will give a conference on the Brussels I bis Regulation at the Researc (…)
14 mars 2022
- French Supreme Court Rules on Law Applicable to Unjust Enrichment
Mathilde Codazzi, who is a master student at the university Paris II Panthéon-Assas, contributed to this post. In a judgment of 9 February 2022, the French Cour de cassation ruled that the “relationsh (…)
28 février 2022
- Junior Position to Work on European Project on Judicial Expertise
The European Expertise and Expert Institute (EEEI) is seeking to recruit a project assistant for a part time position to work on a European project of the EEEI, Find your Expert II (Findex II). The Fi (…)
25 février 2022
- Assas International Law Review: Issue of 2021
The Assas International Law Review (Revue de droit international d’Assas) is an open access online journal published once a year by the doctoral school of the University. It features articles on publi (…)
25 février 2022
- Paris Court of Appeal Rules Agency Directive is No Overriding Mandatory Provision
In a judgment of 23 November 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the French provisions implementing the 1986 Agency Directive are not overriding mandatory provisions, and thus do not define Fre (…)
8 février 2022
- Baumgartner and Whytock on Enforcement of Judgments, Systematic Calibration, and the Global Law Market
Samuel P. Baumgartner (University of Zürich) and Christopher A. Whytock (University of Irvine) have posted Enforcement of Judgments, Systematic Calibration, and the Global Law Market on SSRN. The abst (…)
25 janvier 2022
NEWS
I enjoyed giving two seminars on cross border family dispute resolution in the Multilevel, Multiparty and Multisector Cross-Border Litigation in Europe Module convened by Albert Henke in Milan. The first seminar was held on May 4th, 2022 and focused on abolition on exequatur under the Brussels II ter Regulation. The second was held on May 5th and focused on parallel litigation under the Brussels II ter Regulation.
I was delighted to speak in the Judgtrust conference organised by the Asser Institute on April 21st, 2022 on Revised rules on recognition and enforcement: abolishing exequatur and provisional measures enforceable under the Brussels Ia Regulation.
The first meeting of the EAPIL Working Group on International Property Law took place in Würzburg on Nov. 15-17, 2021. The Working Group aims at proposing a regulation on choice of law on property matters. The Working Group will hold its next meeting online in February 2022.
The Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law conducts a legal analysis and assessment of the practical experiences and problems of interpretation in the application of the Rome II Regulation for the period 2010-2020.
I was delighted to contribute as the reporter for Luxembourg.
The EFFORTS Project held a France and Luxembourg National Exchange Seminar on September 24th, 2021. I was delighted to participate in the last round table on Cross-Cutting Issues Relevant to Cross-Border Enforcement of Claims Within the EU.
Parution de l’ouvrage L’ordonnance européenne de saisie conservatoire des comptes bancaires, en collaboration avec le prof. Sara Migliorini. L’ouvrage étudie la mise en œuvre du Règlement 655/2014 en Belgique, Luxembourg et France.
Parution de la 4ème édition du Code de droit international privé luxembourgeois (avec l’assistance de Mlle Mathilde Codazzi). Contrairement aux éditions précédentes, le Code inclut désormais de nombreuses annotations jurisprudentielles.
Publication d’une note au Bulletin Droit et Banque : « Immunités souveraines et compétence pour ordonner la mainlevée d’une saisie conservatoire transfrontière »
Publication de deux notes à la Revue Critique de droit international privé : « Redéfinition de la territorialité des saisies sur créances » et « Le juge est tenu d’appliquer la règle de conflit de lois, même statuant en référés ».