EAPIL Blog
- 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
- CJEU Rules Quasi Antisuit Injunctions Violate Mutual Trust
On 7 September 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in Case C-590/21, Charles Taylor Adjusting that judgements ordering a party to pay certain sums of money for violating a choice of (…)
8 septembre 2023
- Muir Watt on Alterity in the Conflict of Laws
Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Law School) has published the lecture that she gave as the 18th Rabel Lecture in November 2022 on Alterity in the Conflict of Laws – An Onthology of the In-Between. The (…)
29 août 2023
- Video of French Conference on State Immunity from Enforcement
On 13 April 2023, the University Paris Dauphine hosted a conference on State Immunity from Enforcement (L’immunité d’exécution de l’Etat). Speakers included Philippe Théry (Univ. Paris Panthéon-Assas) (…)
22 août 2023
- Singer on Conflict of Abortion Laws (in the U.S.)
Joseph Singer (Harvard Law School) has posted Conflict of Abortion Laws on SSRN. The abstract reads: When a resident of an anti-abortion state goes to a prochoice state to get an abortion, which law a (…)
15 août 2023
- Assistant Professorship in European PIL in Groningen
The Department of Private International Law at the University of Groningen is looking for an assistant professor in the field of European private international law to strengthen education and research (…)
10 août 2023
- Collins on the Law Governing Confidentiality in Arbitration
Lawrence Collins (UCL, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court) has posted Reflections on the Law Governing Confidentiality in Arbitration on SSRN. The abstract reads: The paper considers the law gover (…)
8 août 2023
- CJEU Rules Court of Place of Wrongful Removal can be Better Placed Court under Brussels II bis
On 13 July 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in case C-87/22 that the court of a Member State where children were wrongfully removed by one of their parent can be requested to ass (…)
18 juillet 2023
- New Phishing E-Mails Sent on Behalf of EAPIL
Some EAPIL members are reporting they receive e-mails allegedly sent on my behalf requesting help for the Association. These e-mails were not sent either by me or any EAPIL official. Please ignore the (…)
13 juillet 2023
- Revue Critique de Droit International Privé – Issue 2 of 2023
The second issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé of 2023 contains three articles on private international law and numerous casenotes. In the first article, Sandrine Brachotte (St Lo (…)
7 juillet 2023
- French Supreme Court Denies Enforcement to Judgment on Ground of Evasion of an Arbitral Award
In a judgment of 17 May 2023 (Albaniabeg Ambient sh.p.k v. v. Enel Spa), the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) denied enforcement in France to an Albanian judgm (…)
21 juin 2023
- French Committee Issues Report on Paris International Commercial Courts
The Legal High Committee for Financial Markets of Paris issued a report on the work of the international commercial chambers of Paris courts (Bilan du fonctionnement des chambres internationales du tr (…)
6 juin 2023
- CJEU Rules on Scopes of Lex Loci Delicti and Lex Subrogationis
On 17 May 2023, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Fonds de Garantie des Victimes des Actes de Terrorisme et d’Autres Infractions (FGTI) v. Victoria Seguros SA (Case C‑264/22). This is a case on the d (…)
30 mai 2023
- 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