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Claim regarding retirement benefit calculation was not a tort claim.

Day on Torts

Although plaintiff labeled his complaint as a tort claim, the gravamen of the complaint was a dispute over “the amount, time and manner of payment of plaintiff’s pension plan benefits.” 15, 2021), plaintiff was a former firefighter who had initially been denied Line of Duty (LOD) disability benefits by the defendant City’s Pension Board.

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Anti-Suit Injunctions and Dispute Resolution Clauses

Conflict of Laws

It alleged that the directors were actively involved in the chairmans unlawful conduct and therefore liable in tort under Korean law, and GGS was vicariously liable for their actions. The head charter and sub-charter contracts each contained a law and arbitration clause for English law and arbitration in Singapore.

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Review of Afifah Kusumadara, Indonesian Private International Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2021, 288 pp, hb $140

Conflict of Laws

After reading and reviewing a thought-provoking book on the choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia last year, I decided to delve further into the subject by picking up a book on Indonesian private international law. Luis F.S.S. Pereira (Supreme Court decision 376 K/Pdt. Sus-PHI/2013, 29 October 2013, pp.

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CJEU Rules on jurisdiction in actions brought by the injured party against the insurer and the insured (BT v Seguros Catalana Occidente, EB, Case C-708/20)

Conflict of Laws

In its Judgment BT v Seguros Catalana Occidente, EB, Case C-708/20 , rendered on 9 December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted Article 13 Brussels Ibis Regulation. Amongst other things, the provision at hand takes into consideration direct actions of the injured party against the insurer domiciled in a Member State.

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Out Now: The Latest Issue of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 67, 2024)

Conflict of Laws

162) OSHIMA Lisa The Potential and Limitations of Contracts That Function as Succession Substitutes (p. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2021. Private International Law (Authors note: Case Law Translation) Osaka High Court; Adjudication, May 26, 2021 (p. 446) Naohiro Kitasaka Application Mutatis Mutandis of Art.

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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

1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Supreme Court decision in March 2021 in Ford vs. Montana now permits the exercise of specific jurisdiction when the claim arises out of or is (sufficiently) “related” to the defendant’s in-state contacts and activities. Since 1 January 2021, Brexit has been fully effective as the transition period for the UK has ended.