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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Written by NIE Yuxin, Wuhan University Institute of International Law 1. Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. Notably, 19 changes deal with the special provisions on cross-border procedures. Jurisdiction 2.1 Jurisdiction 2.1

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German Federal Court of Justice: Article 26 Brussels Ia Regulation Applies to Non-EU Defendants

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By Moses Wiepen, Legal Trainee at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany In its decision of 21 July 2023 (V ZR 112/22), the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed that Art. In general, following the procedural law principle of actor sequitur forum rei , the Canadian trust should be brought to court in Canadian courts.

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In Memoriam Erik Jayme (1934-2024)

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Those who met him in person were certainly overwhelmed by his humour and humanity, by his talent to approach people and engage them into conversations about the law, art and culture. 1] While clerking at the court of Darmstadt, Erik Jayme published his first article in this field, inspired by a case in which he was involved.

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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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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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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

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—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn. Introduction. Summary of Facts.

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The Latest Development on Anti-suit Injunction Wielded by Chinese Courts to Restrain Foreign Parallel Proceedings

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(This post is provided by Zeyu Huang, who is an associate attorney of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Shenzhen. Mr. Huang obtained his LLB degree from the Remin University of China Law School. He is also a PhD candidate & LLM at the Faculty of Law in University of Macau.

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

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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.