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International Jurisdiction between Nationality and Domicile in Tunisian Private International Law – Has the Perennial Debate Finally been Resolved?

Conflict of Laws

36665 of 15 June 2023 ), signed by 62 judges of the Supreme Court (including the Chief Justice (President of the Court), 21 Presidents of Chambers and 40 other judges as counsellors). Dissatisfied, Y appealed to the Court of Appeal of Sousse. The court ruled as follows (only relevant parts are reproduced here.

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Court clarifies factors to consider for fraud allegation related to attorney-client fee agreement.

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4, 2021), plaintiff filed a fraud claim against defendant attorney who had represented him for a portion of plaintiff’s previous divorce case. After an initial appeal and remand, the trial court held a bench trial where plaintiff and defendant were the only witnesses. M2019-01395-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. citing Alexander ).

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Paralegal Compliance Officer – An Interview with Melissa Andrews

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They asked me to review some contracts. And then it got into contract management. But as I was doing the contract management, I came across these agreements. Especially when you’re talking about divorce decrees and power of attorneys and all of those things. I would say, I haven’t seen the contract.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 6/2021: Abstracts

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Ever since 2009, when the German choice-of-law provisions for contracts were removed and the Rome I Regulation with its carve-out for arbitration agreements entered into force, the choice of law for arbitration agreements has been debated in Germany. This matter was left open by the Federal Court of Justice.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

In spite of a choice of court agreement pointing to Irish courts for “all suits to enforce this contract” (translation), the OLG München has held itself competent for antitrust claims, as – according to the reasons given – no interpretation of the contract was necessary. 25 Brussels Ia Regulation itself.

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Same-sex relationships concluded abroad in Namibia – Between (Limited) Judicial Recognition and Legislative Rejection

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For conservative societies, the challenge is even greater, as local authorities may have to decide whether or not to recognise same-sex marriages contracted abroad (in particular when their nationals are involved). The couple in this case had been in a long-term relationship in South Africa since 2010. In 2017, the couple moved to Namibia.