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Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts

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The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts. Often, when the parties are from different jurisdictions, they select a neutral forum and its law.

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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)

Conflict of Laws

Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia.

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Supreme Court limits homeowners’ ability to sue their lenders in tort

At the Lectern

Balancing “the interests of homeowners in default against those seeking affordable home loans,” the Supreme Court in Sheen v. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings.

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Lex & Forum 4/2021: A special on the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Professor Kerameus started his academic career at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in his home town, and completed his career at the University of Athens. He taught Civil Procedure, Comparative and International Procedural Law in Greek and other leading Universities abroad.

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Anti-enforcement injunction granted by the New Zealand court

Conflict of Laws

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. In fact, Kea had originally advanced a cause of action for abuse of process, claiming that the alleged fraud was an abuse of process of the Kentucky Court.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Dickinson: Realignment of the Planets – Brexit and European Private International Law. Thirdly, by considering the impact on the UK’s and the EU’s relationships with third countries, with particular reference to the 2007 Lugano Convention and Hague Choice of Court Convention.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

After five years of application of the European Succession Regulation it is time to have a look at European court practice: The general connecting factor of habitual residence has somehow been addressed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in E.E. , 102 TFEU and/or national competition law rules. The long-awaited U.S.