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The special course given by Andrés Rodríguez Benot (Pablo de Olavide University Sevilla) at the Hague Academy of International Law on Le régime économique des mariages et des partenariats enregistrés en droit international privé (The Property Regime of Marriages and Registered Partnerships in Private International Law) has been published in Volume 445 of the Collected […]

On 18 June 2025 the European Commission opened an infringement procedure under Article 258 of the TFEU against Malta (INFR(2025)2100), alleging that Malta is failing to comply with its obligations under the Brussels I bis Regulation with respect to litigation in matters related to gambling. Following the formal notice sent by the Commission, the Maltese […]

The French Cour de Cassation will host a conference on the recast of the Brussels I bis Regulation on Monday, 23 June 2025, from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm. The conference is organised by Marie-Elodie Ancel (University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas) and Pascal de Vareilles-Sommières (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), following the 2023-2024 seminar series on the recast of […]

The author of this post is Rob Rooman, PhD Researcher at KULeuven. Ever since its adoption, the future of Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence (hereinafter, the CS3D) has been unsure. The Directive in general is facing significant political resistance, and […]

The author of this post is Nishat Hyder-Rahman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MSCA Impact Fellowship Programme, Department of Private and Economic Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.  She is also a volunteer researcher at GlobalARRK and presented findings from the GlobalARRK report in panel 2 of the conference. The views expressed in this post are the author’s own, […]

In 2024 the French Cour de cassation submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice on a subject with ties to private international law, although none of the questions raised focuses formally on a private international law instrument. The case (C-350/24) is still ongoing. The request explaining the circumstances and legal […]

On 5 June 2025, the Law Commission of England and Wales published a consultation paper (paper; summary) making proposals for reform on certain rules of private international law that apply in the context of digital assets and electronic trade documents. The Commission also made proposals for reform of section 72 of the Bills of Exchange […]

The newest issue of the RabelsZ (Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht) has been published. Since 2024, RabelsZ has been an open access publication, with all articles freely available to readers online. The second issue of 2025 contains four German-language articles on comparative and private international law. Here are their titles and English abstracts, […]

The Ulrik Huber Institute for Private International Law will host on 23 June 2025 a one-day conference in English entitled: The Next 25 Years of Private International Law: What Does the World Need? The event is held on the occasion of Mathijs ten Wolde’s 25-year tenure as a professor and director of the Institute and […]

This post was contributed by Fabien Marchadier, who is a professor of private international law at the University of Poitiers. On 28 May 2025, the Cour de cassation delivered its judgment in Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v. Société éditrice Le Monde following the preliminary ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union […]

On 26 May 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence to support the preparation of the EU Digital Justice Strategy for 2025-2030 – DigitalJustice@2030. Anyone can contribute by logging in to an EU login account. The call is open for feedback until 23 June 2025.  General Context As explained on the dedicated webpage, […]

The 20th Anniversary Conference of the Journal of Private International Law will take place at the Faculty of Laws of University College London between 11 and 13 September 2025. The conference organizers, Ugljesa Grusic (UCL) and Alex Mills (UCL), and the editors of the Journal, Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling) and Jonathan Harris (King’s College London), are pleased to announce that the conference programme […]

A significant decision for the current climate change debate was delivered on 28 May 2025, by the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Hamm. The OLG in Hamm has dismissed the climate lawsuit brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against the energy company RWE. The court ruled that an appeal of this decision is not […]

As previously noted on this blog, the Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance of the University of Aberdeen will host on 6 June 2025 the third Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre, under the title New Dimensions in Private International Law. Registrations for the event are open. Further details are available here. The […]

This post was prepared together with Sofiya Kernychna PhD (Jagiellonian University). This post aims at presenting introduction of online marriage in Ukraine and the attitude towards its recognition in neighboring Poland. Digitalisation of Public Services in Ukraine In 2019 the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine introduced a resolution  creating a web portal, a state […]

The European Commission has made public its Report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (COM(2025)268 of 2 June 2025), together with a Staff Working Document providing further analysis of the issues discussed in the Report (SWD(2025)135). Consistent with […]

An opinion and two hearings are scheduled in June 2025 in relation to requests for preliminary rulings on private international law instruments. On Thursday 12 June, Advocate General N. Emilou will deliver his opinion in case C-77/24, Wunner. The Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court, Austria) has referred two questions to the Court of Justice of the […]

Registrations are open for the 2025 edition of the Summer School on Transnational litigation organized by Michele Lupoi with Marco Farina. The Summer School will run from 13 to 19 July 2025 at the Ravenna Campus of the University of Bologna. Online attendance is also possible. The lectures will cover a broad range of topics […]

Mathieu Combert and Jérémy Heymann are the editors of a book on the Circulation of Companies under EU Law (La circulation des sociétés en droit de l’Union européenne). The purpose of the book is to take stock of the case law of the CJEU and recent EU legislation in the field of company law from […]

The author of this post is Antonio Leandro, Professor of Public and Private International Law at the University of Bari (Italy). On 23 January 2025, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 […]