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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

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by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law.

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China’s 2022 Landmark Judicial Policy Clears Final Hurdle for Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

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China has published a landmark judicial policy on the enforcement of foreign judgments in 2022, embarking on a new era for judgment collection in China. It is noteworthy that in March 2022, Shanghai Maritime Court ruled to recognize and enforce an English judgment in Spar Shipping v Grand China Logistics (2018) Hu 72 Xie Wai Ren No.1,