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Amendment of Chinese Civil Procedure Law Concerning Foreign Affairs

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Expand the jurisdiction of Chinese courts over foreign-related civil cases The type of cases the court has jurisdiction over has been revised from “disputes due to contract or other property rights” to “foreign-related civil disputes other than personal status.”

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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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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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Relevance of Indian Limitation Law vis-à-vis Foreign-seated International Arbitration With Indian Law As The Applicable Substantive Law

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The different characterization of limitation as a procedural or substantive issue adds more to the complexity. The Supreme Court of India (“SC”) and the Law Commission of India have characterised the law of limitation as a procedural law. This issue could not be simpler in India.

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

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When confronted with international parallel proceedings due to the existence of a competent foreign court having adjudicative jurisdiction, the seized foreign court located in common law jurisdictions seems to see it as no offence to Chinese courts by granting anti-suit injunctions to restrain Chinese proceedings.

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The Hidden Treasure Trove of Conflicts of Law: the Case Law of the Mixed Courts of the Colonial Era

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3] Conflict of laws is “ the body of law that aims to resolve claims involving foreign elements ”. [4] 4] A state or international border is therefore not required to have a conflict of laws system, [5] only different jurisdictions and laws (i.e. legal pluralism [6] ) are. within one State). [7]

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