Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 2, 2024

(This post was drafted by Zhang Yong, a PhD student in the University of Macau and revised by Guangjian Tu) The Annual Inter-regional and International Family Law Forum of Chinese Society of Private International Law was held on September 21, 2024 in Everwin Law Office , Guangzhou.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law ( AMEDIP ) is holding a webinar on 5 October 2023 at 2:30 pm (Mexico City time), 10:30 pm (Europe, CEST time) to launch the book entitled: International Child Abduction: jurisprudential, doctrinal and critical study of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The prosecution asserted Khan and his wife violated Islamic law, which says that a woman must wait three months before re-marrying. This is known as the ‘Iddah’ period and is a requirement under Islamic family law upheld by Pakistan. The day before , Khan was sentenced to ten years for revealing state secrets.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Written by Lena-Maria Möller , College of Law, Qatar University The recent introduction of a civil family law regime in the United Arab Emirates – the first of its kind in the region – has attracted considerable attention, both on this blog and beyond. [1] 2] It should be noted here that with the introduction of Law No.

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Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Six Arizona Attorneys Recognized For Their Pro Bono Efforts January 31, 2023 Terri Jo Neff, Arizona Daily Independent Those honored by Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer during LSC’s Increasing Access to Justice Reception were James Conlogue, Diane Drain, David Engelman, Edwin Ramos, Kelly Rowe, and Benjamin Smith.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 25, 2024

The latest issue of the Dutch Journal on Private International Law (NIPR) has just been published NIPR 2023 issue 4 EDITORIAL I. Sumner, The next stops on the European international family law train / p. 573-596 Abstract On 1 September 2023, the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention (HJC) entered into force in the Netherlands.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 2, 2024

The second issue of 2023 of Giustizia consensuale (published by Editoriale Scientifica) has just been released, and it features: Giuseppe Trisorio Liuzzi (Professor at the Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”), La composizione negoziata. The paper offers an in-depth analysis of the most recent literature and case-law on this instrument.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A natural litigator, Rebecca concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment, litigation, and family law.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Children’s Rights Academy of the University of Geneva is organising an online Executive Training on Civil Aspects of International Child Protection (ICPT) from December 2023 to April 2024. For more information, click here. The training is divided into four modules and is being coordinated by Dr. Vito Bumbaca.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The law regarding name and gender changes on birth and marriage certificates will go into effect on January 1, 2023.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It was approved by means of Law No. 5016/2023 on international commercial arbitration, and was enacted in order to align the regime of international commercial arbitration with the revision of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted in 2006 (hereinafter the revised Model Law).

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 7, 2023

The successful applicant will have the chance to work with some of the world’s leading private international law practitioners and will be provided with finances to assist with travel costs and living expenses. Applications for the 2024 Nygh Internship close on 30 September 2023.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The fourth section includes studies about current realities, such as situations of domestic violence in cases of international child abduction, negotiable institutions and their place in the succession Regulations and the interpretation of private international family law in different High Courts (CJEU and ECtHR).

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MyCase

DECEMBER 20, 2024

According to our 2023 Benchmark Report, Part 3 , more than one-third of legal leads come from referrals (34%), but two-thirds are now sourced through online methods like Google searches, social media platforms, and websites. It’s well-regarded for its comprehensive resources and networking opportunities.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Rising numbers of women in England are experiencing domestic abuse at Christmas, with Refuge, the leading support service in England, saying that calls and contacts to the national domestic abuse helpline in 2023 were still far higher than pre-pandemic, with 171,490 calls in the year ending March 2023, Rachel Hall reports for The Guardian.

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LawSites

MAY 16, 2023

The majority of law firms use just five or fewer unique software products, according to a legal industry study published today by the law practice management company Smokeball. Business, estate planning, and family law firms spent the most time in software, with about three in 10 spending 75% or more of their time using tech.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 8, 2024

Introduction Recent developments in the field of family law in the UAE, in particular the adoption of the so-called “Civil Marriage Laws”, have aroused interest, admiration, curiosity, and even doubt and critics among scholars and practitioners of family law, comparative law and private international law around the world. [1]

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 9, 2024

The article sets the scene and contextualizes the findings detailed in the presentation given by the author on April 29, 2023 at the Dialog Internationales Familienrecht 2023 at the University of Münster. Thus, also PIL dynamics unfolding outside the field of international family law were taken into account.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 29, 2023

While this decision reinforces the comparatively robust protection English tort law affords to victims of human rights violations perpetrated by corporate actors, the changes to the English law of jurisdiction in the wake of Brexit could make it substantially more challenging to bring human rights suits before English courts in the future.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

At the end of each year I publish an article (in German) about the Conflict of Laws developments in Germany of the last twelve months, covering more or less the year 2024 and the last months of 2023. Stay tuned for the second part of this article which will move to trending topics in family law

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2023

In case intended parents enter into a surrogacy trajectory abroad, all kinds of private international law issues arise in the Netherlands regarding, among others, the legal parenthood of the intended parents. Dutch bill of July 4, 2023 to regulate (international) surrogacy On July 4, 2023, a bill was proposed in the Netherlands.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 29, 2023

Written by Veerle Van Den Eeckhout, working at the Research and Documentation Directorate of the CJEU On 29 April 2023, Veerle Van Den Eeckhout gave a presentation on recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The presentation, now available online, was entitled “CJEU case-law.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 24, 2024

In its decision of 20 December 2023 (Case No. XII ZB 117/23), the German Federal Supreme Court has referred three questions to the CJEU relating to the interpretation of Art. 8 (a), (b) of the Rome III Regulation.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On 1 January 2023, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention entered into force for Cabo Verde. On 19 January 2023, El Salvador deposited its instrument of accession to the 1970 Evidence Convention. The Convention, which currently has 65 Contracting Parties, will enter into force for El Salvador on 20 March 2023.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

2) The foreign judgment is contrary to public policy because it violates Islamic Sharia law, individual property rights and the distribution of property under UAE law. 3) The parties have not (yet) been divorced under Pakistani law or Islamic Sharia. 37 (2023), pp. Ruling: In its ruling dated 25 January 2024 ( Appeal No.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 1, 2024

IV (Elgar Editions, 2017) 3895 and my own translation of the provisions dealing with international jurisdiction and the enforcement of foreign judgments in 8 Journal of Private International Law 2 (2012) pp. Salma Triki, “La compétence internationale tunisienne et le critère de nationalité” in Ben Achour/Triki (eds.),

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 28, 2023

Department of State Attorney-Advisor for Children’s Issues as well as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor/Senior Advisor for Children/Youth in Conflict, Anna has transitioned to practicing international family law with a focus on child rights cases and issues. This is evidenced by the US Supreme Court 2022 judgment Golan v.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 8, 2023

Department of State Attorney-Advisor for Children’s Issues as well as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor/Senior Advisor for Children/Youth in Conflict, Anna has transitioned to practicing international family law with a focus on child rights cases and issues. This is evidenced by the US Supreme Court 2022 judgment Golan v.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It will enter into force for Cabo Verde on 1 January 2023. The Convention will enter into force for Cabo Verde on 1 August 2023. With the accession of Cabo Verde, the Child Abduction Convention now has 102 Contracting Parties. For the Child Protection Convention, with the accession of Cabo Verde it now has 54 Contracting Parties.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It will enter into force for Botswana on 1 February 2023. The Convention will enter into force for Botswana on 1 March 2023. It will enter into force for Botswana on 16 November 2023. With the accession of Botswana, the Child Abduction Convention now has 103 Contracting Parties. More information is available here.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 21, 2023

It also seeks to provide more effectiveness to EU objectives through a better coordination of instruments in overlapping fields, such as Regulations in private international law in family law matters and migration law rules. The duration of the project is 24 months (from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 25, 2023

To celebrate the 30 th anniversary of the 1993 Adoption Convention, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH will be hosting an online event on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, from 14:00 to 18:00 CEST. It will also feature a panel composed by a birth mother, an adoptive mother, and adopted persons, who will discuss their lived experiences.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 15, 2022

Cohen , and Alicia Palmer share their thoughts on What Every Young Lawyer Needs to Know about Family Law: Including a Perspective from the Bench. The 2022-2023 State Bar year marks a new chapter as Texas lawyers emerge from the pandemic and a sense of normalcy returns.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 24, 2023

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently enacted a new Civil Transactions Law (Royal Decree No. M/199, dated June 16, 2023). The law will enter into force on December 16, 2023, 180 days after its enactment (hereinafter referred to as “the new law”).

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Similarly, the foreign law chosen as the governing law of a contract is often not applied because of the procedural status of foreign law as a matter of fact, the content of which must be ascertained by the party invoking its application. Regarding choice of law rules, those concerning family law and successions (i.e.,

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 8, 2022

There were three publications approved, ranging from family law to access to justice for international tourists. Family law. This meeting was very fruitful in getting the necessary approval for HCCH publications. The Council adopted the following decision: “12.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

At the end of each year I publish an article (in German) about the Conflict of Laws developments in Germany of the last twelve months, covering more or less the year 2024 and the last months of 2023. Stay tuned for the second part of this article which will move to trending topics in family law

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