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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. However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. Since then, it had undergone four revisions in 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2021. 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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Virtual Hearing in China’s Smart Court

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Mr Ting Liao, PhD candidate at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law, published a note on the Chinese Smart Court , which attracted a lot of interest and attention. We have responded a few enquires and comments, some relating to the procedure and feasibility of virtual/remote hearing.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

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As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.

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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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Italian Supreme Court rules on recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment even if preceded by a worldwide freezing injunction

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Written by Marco Farina, Italian lawyer, PhD in Civil Procedural Law at the University La Sapienza of Rome – Adjunct Professor of Civil Procedural Law at the University LUISS of Rome. The Court of Appeal of Rome reasoned under Article 64 (b), of the Italian Act on Private International Law (Law 31 May 1995 no.