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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...

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...

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!

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

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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...

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

Civil Procedure – No jurisdiction over collection action

Where employees previously obtained a judgment against their former employer, who was now out of business, and they then filed this action to enforce the judgment against the defun...

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

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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...

Navigating Efficiency: Supreme Court’s Guidelines on Summary Judgments in Commercial Suits

Introduction The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India clarified the use of Order XIII-A Code of Civil Procedure (“CPC”) for summary judgment in commercial matters through its landmark de...

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...

Washington Verdict: The European Commission and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Cannot Stop or Invalid...

The highest court in the United States has sent an unequivocal message to Spain and, indirectly, to Brussels: a state cannot escape an international arbitral award by invoking the...

Enforcement of New York Judgments in Côte d’Ivoire: Insights from a Recent Decision of the Abidjan Commercial Court

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Judgment Debtor Summons in Malaysia and Committal Proceedings

Introduction Obtaining a judgment in civil litigation does not always guarantee immediate recovery. In many cases, a successful party faces difficulties enforcing the judgment beca...

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 European Court of Justice

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. Today’s column focuses on the h...