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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.

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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.

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Save the Date: German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law 2023

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We would like to explore these and many other related questions at the 4th German-speaking Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law. The written contributions will be published in an edited conference volume. The conference will be held in German, but English presentations are also welcome.

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Lex & Forum 4/2021: A special on the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition of Foreign Judgments

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Professor Kerameus started his academic career at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in his home town, and completed his career at the University of Athens. He taught Civil Procedure, Comparative and International Procedural Law in Greek and other leading Universities abroad.

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

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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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