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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. The Court, thereafter, held the hearings on 26 July and 12 October of 2018 respectively, and publicly pronounced the judgement on 4 December 2020.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. Finally, this second chapter discusses the limits on choice of law, such as public policy and mandatory rules.

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

Conflict of Laws

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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Is Chinese Judicial Mediation Settlement ‘Judgment’ in Private International Law?

Conflict of Laws

Article 125 also affirms that for a civil dispute brought by the parties to the people’s court, if it is suitable for mediation, mediation shall be conducted first, unless the parties refuse mediation. Additionally, under the common law, a “judgment” is an order of court which gives rise to res judicata.

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Decoding International Arbitration

InHouseOps

Early on in 2020, the parties and counsel were somewhat skittish. Remember, these are cases that could involve parties from common law and civil law countries. On the arbitration side, we quickly converted in-person hearings to hybrid or fully virtual ones. For example, you don’t have discovery per se.

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The Dubai Supreme Court — Again — on the Enforcement of Canadian (Ontario) Enforcement Judgment

Conflict of Laws

This is more so], especially since the submitted documents on the Canadian civil procedure law and the Regulation No. It is widely known that the procedural aspects of the enforcement of foreign judgments largely differ across the globe. xvi] Trevor C. Hartley, International Commercial Litigation (3 rd ed.

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