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Conflict of Laws

The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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CSDD and PIL: Some Remarks on the Directive Proposal

Conflict of Laws

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its proposal of a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) in respect to human rights and the environment. For those interested, there are many contributions available online, namely in the Oxford Business Law Blog, which dedicates a whole series to it ( here ).

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Amendment of Pleadings | Order VI Rule 17 [CPC]: A Critical Analysis

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Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. The principle followed in Civil Procedural Law is that the Court procedures and rules are designed to achieve substantial justice. Introduction. They cannot be changed except for the Judge’s discretion and the trial proceeds only within the pleadings made.

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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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First, Shell stated that the claimants abused procedural law, because the claims against Royal Dutch Shall were ‘obviously bound to fail and for that reason could not serve as a basis for jurisdiction as provided in art. 6a, enabling a choice of law for victims of business-related human rights violations. 7(1) DCCP’ (at [3.1]

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There and Back Again? – The unexpected journey of EU-UK Judicial Cooperation finally leads to The Hague

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by Achim Czubaiko, Research Fellow („Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“) and PhD Candidate, supported by the German Scholarship Foundation, Institute for German and International Civil Procedural Law, University of Bonn. 30] Draft Statutory Instruments 2024 No. Regulations 2024 (“Draft Guidelines”). Court of Session). [35]