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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions. 276, para.

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Limitation Period for Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Australian Court Recognized and Enforced Chinese Judgment Again

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On 15 July 2022, the Supreme Court of New South Wales (“NSW”) recognized and enforced a Chinese judgment issued by the Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Court 12 years ago in Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co Ltd v Young [2022] NSWSC 943. [1] Written by Zilin Hao*. 1] It ruled that the defendant Katherine Young (“Ms.

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Lex & Forum, Volume 4/2022 – A special on cross border family law

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Cross-border family disputes are the Focus of the current issue and were examined in an online conference of Lex and Forum (8.12.2022), under the Presidency of the Supreme Court Judge, Ms. Evdoxia Kiouptsidou-Stratoudaki. 2021, on the non-opposition to public order of a marriage performed by a proxy, with a note by Dr.

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LEX & FORUM, VOLUME 1/2022

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Lex&Forum expresses its warmest thanks to the President of the Courts of First-Instance of Piraeus Council Judge Mr. Vassilios Tzelepis and the President of the Piraeus Bar Association Mr. Elias Klappas , as well as to all the rapporteurs for their honorable contributions. Vathrakokilis. Anthimos.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2022: Abstracts

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Wolfram: Achmea – neglecting of international public law – some afterthoughts. This contribution is not meant to assess the Achmea judgment of the European Court of Justice. The second court is not permitted to review the decision to decline jurisdiction by the first court. In the EU, the Succession Regulation No.

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Chinese Supreme People’s Court Issued New Judicial Interpretation on Hierarchical Jurisdiction on Foreign-Related Disputes

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LIN Jidong, Wuhan University Institute of International Law. The Content can be divided into different categories according to the goals of Regulation 2022. ?1?Convenience One of the most important goals of Regulation 2022 is to improve the efficiency of trial and bring convenience to the parties. Background. 2 & Art.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

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The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. As the reader, one thing I found striking about Indonesian practice is that a choice of foreign law alone can oust the jurisdiction of the Indonesian courts.