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British Virgin Islands: Enforcement Of Foreign Wills – Updated Guidance From The BVI Courts - Carey Olsen

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Estate litigation continues to be on the rise across both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI), with an increasing number of proceedings involving some form of claim to assets.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

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We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2023

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The thirty-seventh annual survey on choice of law in the American courts is now available on SSRN. Choice of Law The Eighth Circuit applied Mexican law to a suit against General Motors over a car crash in Mexico, while an Ohio state court applied South African law to invalidate a marriage. In Yegiazaryan v. In Abitron Austria GmbH v.

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International tech litigation reaches the next level: collective actions against TikTok and Google

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The next steps in the TikTok collective action The collective action against TikTok that was brought before the Amsterdam District Court under the Dutch WAMCA in 2021. In an earlier blogpost we reported that the Amsterdam District Court ruled that it had international jurisdiction under the Brussels I-bis Regulation and the GDPR.

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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. This was the scenario facing the New Zealand High Court in the recent case of Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited [2022] NZHC 2881.

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Dubai Courts on the Recognition of Foreign Judgments: “Recognition” or “Enforcement”? – that’s the Problem!

Conflict of Laws

The following case, very recently decided by the Dubai Supreme Court, is nothing but one of many examples which show how misconceptions and confusion regarding the notion of “recognition” would lead to unpredictable results ( cf. e.g., Béligh Elbalti, “Perspective of Arab Countries”, in M. (eds.), 1983-184ff). 338/2021 of 27 October 2021 ).

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RCD Holdings Ltd v LT Game International (Australia) Ltd: Foreign jurisdiction clauses and COVID-19

Conflict of Laws

LT is a company incorporated in the Virgin Islands and registered in Australia as a foreign company. When a dispute arose, the plaintiffs commenced the proceedings at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Australia ([2020] QSC 318). However, an exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause does not exclude Australian courts’ jurisdiction.