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On 18 February 2026, from 3 to 4 pm UK time, the Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance will host a webinar featuring Tobias Lutzi (University of Augsburg) under the title Between Ambition and Realism – What to Expect from the Upcoming Reforms to the Rome II and Brussels Ia Regulation? The […]

The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2026 has been released. It contains one article and several case notes relating to private international law issues. In her contribution, Estelle Fohrer-Dedeurwaerder (University of Toulouse Capitole) discusses the international element of legal situations (La manipulation de l’internationalité des situations juridiques). The English abstract reads: […]

This post was written by Giacomo Marola (PhD). As announced on this blog, on 5 February 2026 Advocate General (AG) A. Rantos delivered his Opinion in Case C-232/25, Idziski, following a request for a preliminary ruling from the Polish Supreme Court. The case concerns the interpretation of Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation (now Article 7(2) of the Brussels I bis Regulation) […]

This post was written by Silvia Marino, Professor of EU law at the University of Insubria in Como and Director of the EAPIL Winter School. The third edition of the EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law took place at the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria in Como […]

On 15 January 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled on an application to set aside an arbitral award on the ground of the alleged partiality of two of the members of the arbitral tribunal. Background The case was concerned with the alleged expropriation by the Federation of Russia of real properties belonging to a […]

Laura Carpaneto (University of Genoa), Francesca Maoli (San Raffaele Telematic University of Rome) and Ilaria Queirolo (University of Genoa) edited Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe with Editoriale Scientifica. The book presents the outcome of UniPAR – Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe, a project co-funded by the EU and addresses a broad range of issues relating […]

As announced earlier on this blog. the next EAPIL Conference will take place in Geneva from 18 to 20 June 2026. In the run-up to the Conference, elections will be held for both the Board of Administration and the Scientific Council of the Association in accordance with the EAPIL Statutes. EAPIL’s governing bodies play a […]

The author of this post is Caterina Benini, post-doctoral researcher and adjunct professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Climate change litigation is relatively rare in Italy. Only a few months ago, the Italian Supreme Court issued its first ruling in a climate change-related lawsuit brought against a corporation. By a […]

The third bi-annual conference of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-20 June 2026, under the title Shaping the Future of Private International Law in Europe – Putting Together the Pieces and Filling Gaps. The conference will present current developments in private international law. Presentations will […]

The third edition of the EAPIL Winter School has started today in Como. The general topic is Values in Private International Law. The full programme can be found here. Introduced by Silvia Marino, the course kicked off with an opening address by the President of the European Association of Private International Law, Gilles Cuniberti. The […]

A hearing in case C-799/24, Babcock Montajes, will take place on 4 February 2026. The Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) has referred to the Court a question on the interaction between articles 25 and 36 of the Brussels I bis regulation, and on the relevance of res judicata for the purposes of recognition: 1. Is the term ‘judgment’ in […]

Michele Angelo Lupoi and Davide Castagno (both university of Bologna) have posted The Yearbook of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation and International Arbitration 2024 Edition on SSRN. The abstract reads: This yearbook collects papers presented at the 2024 edition of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-border litigation and international arbitration, organised by the […]

On 5 and 6 March 2026, the Faculty of Law at Lund University will host a conference entitled Collaboration in International Family Law. The event will bring together leading academics and practitioners to explore how cooperation between key actors functions in international family law, from both national and comparative perspectives. The first day (from 14 […]

On 9 February 2026, the French Cour de Cassation will hold a one-day symposium titled Revisiting the international element in contracts (Revisiter l’internationalité du contrat). The event is organised by the Société de Législation Comparée, the Cour de Cassation and the academic research unit GREDEG (Côte d’Azur University), and is coordinated by Gustavo Cerqueira (Côte d’Azur […]

On 20 November 2025, the European Commission (EC) released a communication titled DigitalJustice@2030. It features the EU Digital Justice Strategy for 2025-2030 announced in May 2025 in a call for evidence (reported here). Building on the EU Council’s e-Justice Strategy 2024-2028 (presented here), the new EC Strategy maps the main actions to be conducted the next five […]

In a judgment of 9 September 2025 the Danish Supreme Court clarified how Danish private international law determines the applicable law in recourse claims between insurance agencies and vehicle owners after an international traffic accident. The Court confirmed that, in the absence of codified conflict-of-laws rules, the starting point is the law of the place […]

On 30 December 2025, Directive (EU) 2025/2647 amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828 following the discontinuation of the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union. Directive (EU) 2025/2647 introduces important changes to […]

The latest issue of the Journal of Private International Law (Volume 21, Issue 3) features seven articles. Elena Rodríguez-Pineau, Cross-border Insolvency Avoidance Actions in the EU: A Necessary Reflection, 393-416 After 25 years, the European Union can boast of having harmonised EU cross-border insolvencies in a Regulation (recasted once). The EU is presently addressing substantive harmonisation of insolvency […]

The Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission has recently published a fourth edition of the Compendium of European Union legislation on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters. This document is extremely valuable and its updated publication is to be welcomed. In a common judicial area, marked by a tradition of written […]

The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University and Linköping University. As a consequence of the free movement logic, the country of origin principle in the EU E-Commerce Directive allows providers of information society services to rely on the legislation of their country of […]