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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

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filed in 2024 and 2018, respectively. Since 2017, five civil and administrative cases have been filed in Japan, seeking to stop the construction and operation of coal-fired power plants. On October 23, 2024, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case without further substantiation. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Conference on “Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws” at Oxford, 20–21 March 2025

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The conference, taking place at St Hilda’s College, will be organised as a round-table discussion, bringing together legal scholars and practitioners from a range of jurisdictions, covering both Common Law and Civil Law traditions, in order to establish a common understanding of the practices and challenges regarding characterisation.

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Tatlici v. Tatlici: Malta Rejects $740 Million U.S. Defamation Judgment as Turkish Case Looms

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Although the United States offers strong First Amendment protections in theory, its procedural system permits extraordinary libel damages, especially through default, without requiring the detailed judicial reasoning expected in civil-law jurisdictions. 6] Istanbul 13th Civil Court of First Instance (File No. 2024/416 E.) [7]

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Litigating Enforcement: Germany’s Contested Climate Governance and the New Wave of Climate Litigation

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The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030. In August 2023, over 60 professors of public law pointed out that the current German federal government policies acutely threaten compliance with the requirements of the Neubauer judgment.

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The Development of forum non conveniens in the Chinese Law and Practice

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This article introduces the history of Chinese law adopting the doctrine of forum non conveniens in the past years, and the development of Chinas law revision in 2023.

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Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough

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A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. The Supreme Court’s 7 February 2024 decision is a preliminary one. 7, 2024) [link].

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

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1556 of 16 January 2024 The lower courts in Dubai admitted the enforceability of the Canadian judgment. 392/2024 of 4 June 2024 The case was sent back before the court of remand, which, in light of the decision of the DSC, decided to overturn the order declaring enforceable the Ontario judgment. First Appeal: DSC, Appeal No.

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