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European Civil Procedure Seminar, Leuven, 25 and 26 June 2026

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The enforcement of an advance on costs for substitute performance at the expense of a Russian debtor in German-French le...

This note has been co-authored with Dr. Samuel Vuattoux-Bock, LL.M. (Kiel). It is based on a legal expert opinion for White and Case LLP, Frankfurt. A more comprehensive version –...

SLAPP-Directive implemented in Belgium

The SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation)

“Yes, in principle, but not quite there yet…” – Some Observations on the Public Consultation on the HCCH Draft Text of...

This post was written by Matthias Weller and Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen, both at the University of Bonn, Germany. Matthias is a Director of the Institute for German and International C...

Surveillance of the judicial function by the EU Member States themselves

Renan Bendel Vaughan (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of University of Minho and ENDE Research Grant Holder – UMINHO/BIM/2026/40) Setting the scene: eig...

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2026: Abstracts

The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts“ (IPRax) features the following articles:   L. Schwannecke: Challenging the European Certificate of...

Courtroom Attendance as a Forum Conveniens Factor in Hamilton v Barrow

This post is written by Timon Milan Solár, Doctoral researcher, Faculty of Law, Trnava University, Slovakia. In October 2025, the High Court of England and Wales (King’s Bench Divi...

A Follow-Up: The German Judges Association’s Response to the HCCH Draft Text of a Future Convention on Parallel Proceedi...

This post follows up on

Asian Conflict of Laws avant la lettre? Thảo Anh Hoàng, Early conflict-of-laws rules: Vietnam’s Lê Code (1483) in East A...

For those (like myself) who view private international law as we know it today as essentially a European invention of the 19th century it is fascinating to see examples of earlier...

Judgment Mobility Rules in India’s Private International Law Regime: No place for a revision au fond?

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From Option to Methodology: The ILC’s Missed Opportunity on Judicial Precedent

The International Law Commission (ILC), during its seventy-sixth session in May 2025, provisionally adopted the first-reading draft conclusions on Subsidiary means for the determin...

The 1961 HCCH Apostille Convention: Why All African Countries Should Ratify It? — Insights from Judicial Practice in Afr...

I. The Apostille Convention

China’s Countering Improper Foreign Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Regulation Blocked EU’s Extraterritorial Data Acquisit...

Written by Jeremy MEI Ziyang LLM student at Wuhan University Visiting student at Singapore Management University I. Background On 15 May this year, Ministry of Justice (MOJ) of Chi...

Hague Service Convention: A “Closed Universe” of Permissible Service Methods

Crossing Dialogues, Disciplines and Borders: How far can Private International Law go? (Call for papers)

International Symposium | 9–10 October 2026 | Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (Portugal) The University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), in collaboration wit...

Gavan Reilly: How much of our law is some form of EU law?

European law > Everyone else’s law and Ireland has 5,762 pieces of laws to prove it.

Stefanchuk: CoE conclusion on Civil Code generally positive, with recommendations

Council of Europe experts recommend that the Ukrainian parliament provide additional guarantees for investigative journalism, OSINT analytics, and anti-corruption oversight in the...

The New EU Return Regulation: A Step Towards Crimmigration?

In mid-June 2026, the European Parliament gave its final approval to the amendments to the European Union’s policy on the return of third-country nationals staying irregularly on U...

Can the living instrument doctrine be reversed?

On 15 May 2026, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), meeting at ministerial level in Chişinău (Romania), adopted a declaration in which the European Court of...

Out Now: Status and Family Relationships in European PIL

The following announcement has kindly been shared with us by Silvia Marino The new extensive Volume Status and Family Relationships in Private International Law was just published...

Як призначають Генерального прокурора в країнах ЄС та чому універсальної процедури не існує?

Як призначають Генерального прокурора в країнах ЄС та чому універсальної процедури не існує?<p>Країни Європейського Союзу по-різному формують керівництво прокуратури: в одних...

Mediation Services: Resolving Disputes Outside the Courtroom

Learn how mediation resolves civil disputes faster, privately and cost-effectively in England and Wales. scroll down to read more!