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Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

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This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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The Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 66, 2023)

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It contains the following articles, case notes, and English translations of some court decisions relating to or relevant to private international law. 457) Judicial Decisions in Japan Private International Law Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, July 20, 2022 Applicable Law — Patent Infringement — Territoriality Principle (p.

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

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Pereira (Supreme Court decision 376 K/Pdt. Indonesian legislation and court practice generally uphold the principle of party autonomy. The chapter further discusses the law applicable to specific torts, including negligence, nuisance, wrongful interference with goods, defamation, and environmental damage and pollution.

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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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He represented Greece in the conference on the Lugano Convention, in the negotiations for the accession of Greece to the Brussels Convention, as well as in various committees for the harmonization of the law of contracts, torts and civil procedure in the EU. PA, with a case comment by Judge Ms. Anthimos and Solicitor (England/Wales) Dr. K.

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

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Readers of this blog may find particular interested in selected articles, case notes, books review and English translations of court decisions related to private international law. 117(1) of the Child Abduction Convention Implementation Act to a Return Agreement in an In-Court Conciliation (p. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2021.

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

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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.

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Anti-enforcement injunction granted by the New Zealand court

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In fact, Kea had originally advanced a cause of action for abuse of process, claiming that the alleged fraud was an abuse of process of the Kentucky Court. The English Court said that extending the tort to foreign proceedings “would be out of step with [its] ethos”, which is “the Court’s control of its own powers and resources” (at [97]).

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