Conflict of Laws

JUNE 12, 2023

The University of Lancaster has organised a workshop on Challenges in Contemporary International Litigation on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 12.30 – 5 pm UK time (in person and online via Teams). The programme for the workshop is as follows: 12.30 pm Break 3.15 The programme for the workshop is as follows: 12.30 pm Break 3.15

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 12, 2021

The fact that a foreign judgment can be readily enforced aids the prompt settlement of disputes and makes international commercial transactions more effective.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 19, 2022

In this editorial the author gives a short overview of the possible instruments to be used for the recognition and enforcement of judgments by Dutch courts in the UK and vice versa after Brexit. Rosner, The Singapore Convention and commercial mediation in the EU / p. Henckel, Cryptovaluta in het conflictenrecht: een verkenning / p.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 16, 2021

Luckily, changes in litigation finance may be changing the terms of engagement. The best way to understand litigation finance is by looking at the arc of its development over the last decade – but why such a short timeline? Simply put, ten years ago, litigation finance as we know it now didn’t really exist in the United States.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

79-109 (available here ) Amurodov, Jahongir “Some issues of Ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (2019) by the Republic of Uzbekistan”, Uzbek Law Review 2020-03, pp. Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation?

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This Symposium will bring together colleagues and friends, from the UK and abroad, to celebrate and discuss Trevor’s many contributions. This Symposium will bring together colleagues and friends, from the UK and abroad, to celebrate and discuss Trevor’s many contributions.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 27, 2021

Luckily, changes in litigation finance may be changing the terms of engagement. The best way to understand litigation finance is by looking at the arc of its development over the last decade – but why such a short timeline? Simply put, ten years ago, litigation finance as we know it now didn’t really exist in the United States.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 4, 2024

This uncertainty during the discussions is the main reason why the Working Group has taken the unusual course of action to produce not only the Convention but also the amended UNCITRAL 2018 Model Law on International Commercial Mediation. 4 of the Convention?),

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 20, 2022

This morning, the CJEU has pronounced on the interplay between the Brussels I bis Regulation and arbitration, this time in the context of the recognition in the UK of a judgment given by a Spanish court. This case C-700/20 results from the event taking place two decades ago. The Issues. Decision and Reasoning.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A court in the UK examined the national government’s plan for complying with its climate commitments. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 7, 2021

The COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted on commercial dispute resolution in China, Singapore and Australia. The important question is whether these impacts will be transformed into legal doctrines and shape the development of law for commercial dispute resolution in the long term.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 7, 2021

The first issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2021 was released today and it features the following articles: Paul Beaumont, Some reflections on the way ahead for UK private international law after Brexit. This article considers the practical steps that the UK should take in the near future.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 16, 2022

The Chinese Court Recognizes an English Commercial Judgment for the First Time. On 17 March 2022, Shanghai Maritime Court of PRC issued a ruling of recognizing and enforcing a commercial judgment made by the English High Court, with the approval of Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”). Written by Zilin Hao, Anjie Law Firm, Beijing, China.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 14, 2023

The conference was kicked off by a keynote speech by Justice Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore International Commercial Court), providing an in-depth analysis of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II [2023] SGCA 1 (discussed in more detail here ). Hence, giving equal weight to the choices of the parties.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

By Zheng Sophia Tang, Wuhan University (China) and Newcastle University (UK). The pandemic causes serious disruption to litigation. In 2015, the Provisions of the SPC on Several Issues Concerning Registration and Filling of Cases provides the People’s courts should provide litigation services including online filing. [1]

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

79-109 (available here ) Amurodov, Jahongir “Some issues of Ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (2019) by the Republic of Uzbekistan”, Uzbek Law Review 2020-03, pp. Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation?

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. The new law widens the category of disputes previously covered from “contractual disputes or other property rights disputes” to “litigation other than disputes involving personal relationships” (Art. Jurisdiction 2.1 276, para.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

See also our previous posts: Mass Litigation in Times of Corona and Developments in the Netherlands , Jurisdiction over financial damages – the A-G Opinion in the Volkswagen Case before the CJEU (CJEU) and The VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation, [2019] EWHC 783(QB), and (some aspects of) CoL (UK).

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SimplyLawJobs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I am a legal assistant working at a multi-claimant legal US firm specialising in commercial, employment and consumer class action litigation. In September I got my first full time legal job at Keller Lenkner UK working on the class-action Vehicle Emissions Claims. Introducing, Alia Choudhury . Working at Keller Lenkner .

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

My previous knowledge of international commercial arbitration was derived from Nigerian case law, together with the much-cited West Tankers decision and its relationship with Brussels Ia. Recognition can similarly be used to avoid the re-litigation of a dispute. The book contains 10 chapters across 170 pages, wherein Ferrari et al.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters: Explanatory Report“, as approved by the HCCH on 22 September 2020 (available here). Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation? Explanatory Reports. Amurodov, Jahongir. Badr, Yehya Ibrahim.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

79-109 (available here ) Amurodov, Jahongir “Some issues of Ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (2019) by the Republic of Uzbekistan”, Uzbek Law Review 2020-03, pp. Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation?

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 3, 2024

The majority confined its ruling on transnational issue estoppel to a foreign judgment from the seat court, whereas Mance IJ considered transnational issue estoppel to be generally applicable to all foreign judgments in the international commercial arbitration context. It is not clear what this special status is in this context.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters: Explanatory Report“, as approved by the HCCH on 22 September 2020 (available here). Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation? Explanatory Reports. 79-109 (available here ). Arslan, Ilyas.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2022

It is now well known that internet users are widely tracked and profiled by a range of actors and the advancements in data science mean that such tracking and profiling is increasingly commercially profitable [2]. This raises difficult questions about how to balance the value of data with individual privacy.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters: Explanatory Report“, as approved by the HCCH on 22 September 2020 (available here). Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation? Explanatory Reports. 79-109 (available here ). Arslan, Ilyas.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Both Russia and Ukraine are member states of the 1965 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague Service Convention (HSC)). A practical question for litigators is how to conduct service of process in the Occupied Areas? University of Sydney Law School.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

It can be observed commonly in commercial and investor-state arbitrations. Common law traditions that are being followed in India have been acquired from the UK but still the doctrines of “maintenance” and “champerty” have not been followed strictly here. CURRENT SCENARIO THROUGH A JUDICIAL LENS. Balaji [17].

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters: Explanatory Report“, as approved by the HCCH on 22 September 2020 (available here). Breaking) News From The Hague: A Game Changer in International Litigation? Explanatory Reports. 79-109 (available here ). Arslan, Ilyas.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Nearly 8 months after the commencement of the litigation, the company raised jurisdictional objection by invoking the omitted arbitration agreement and filed the motion to compel arbitration under the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act (hereinafter “FAA”). But a court may not devise novel rules to favor arbitration over litigation. ” [iii].

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 30, 2022

The judicial policy is the “Conference Summary of the Symposium on Foreign-related Commercial and Maritime Trials of Courts Nationwide” (hereinafter the “2021 Conference Summary”) issued by the China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on 31 Dec. However, this situation is now changed. This decision has previously been highlighted here.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Background The Ruby Princess’ passengers contracted on different sets of terms and conditions (US, UK and AU). The US and UK terms and conditions contained exclusive foreign jurisdiction clauses favouring the US and English courts respectively ( PJ, [26], [29] ).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The respondents are foreign companies: Princess Cruise Lines Ltd is incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in California; Carnival plc is a UK company which functions together with a Panama-incorporated US-headquartered company, and is dual listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

In Ingmar , the CJEU had decided that a commercial agent’s compensation claim according to Arts. 17 and 18 Commercial Agents Directive and Art. Whether strategic joint litigation can be brought against an EU anchor defendant in order to drag along a non-EU defendant depends upon the national provisions of the EU Member States.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2022

– Is your country party to any (bilateral or multilateral) treaty that provides direct rules of jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters? Only two of these countries still give relevance to nationality of either party to a litigation in that regard.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 14, 2021

New civil procedure rules ( Rules of Court 2021 ) for the General Division of the High Court (excluding the Singapore International Commercial Court (‘SICC’)) have been gazetted and will be implemented on 1 April 2022. The reform is intended to modernise the litigation process and improve efficiency. [1]

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In reality, most brands will want the NFT to grant a bespoke licence under which the buyer can use the digital asset for personal purposes, but will prohibit the commercial exploitation of the asset. She is a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Group, specializing in litigation, digital, technology, retail and fashion. .

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