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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

Conflict of Laws

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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In general, following the procedural law principle of actor sequitur forum rei , the Canadian trust should be brought to court in Canadian courts. 32 German Civil Procedure Code, tort claims can be brought to the court where the harmful act happened regardless of the defendant’s domicile. And unlike Art.

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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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Has the Battle Just Begun for Collective Action against Big Tech Companies?

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Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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A Major Amendment to Provisions on Foreign-Related Civil Procedures Is Planned in China

Conflict of Laws

Written by NIE Yuxin and LIU Chang, Wuhan University Institute of International Law. The present Civil Procedure Law of China (hereinafter “CPL”) was enacted in 1990 and has been amended four times. All amendments made no substantive adjustments to the foreign-related civil procedure proceedings. Background. 276, para.

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

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Article 51 of the PRC Maritime Special Procedure Law provides that the maritime court may upon the application of a maritime claimant issue a maritime injunction to compel the respondent to do or not to do certain acts in order to protect the claimant’s lawful rights and interests from being infringed. [4] See Article 100, para.1

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2023: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

The author analyses the background of the decision and discusses its consequences for the long-standing conflict of procedural laws ( Justizkonflikt) between the United States and Germany. While the decision is formally a procedural one, its most striking passages address substantive tort law.

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