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Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedurallaw. In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1]
Introduction An asymmetric choice of court agreement is commonly used in international commercial transactions, especially in financial agreements, which usually allows one party (option holder) an optional choice about the forum in which proceedings may be brought but the other (non-option holder) an exclusive choice to sue in a designated court.
The determination of the law applicable to limitation is a complex exercise. The different characterization of limitation as a procedural or substantive issue adds more to the complexity. The Supreme Court of India (“SC”) and the Law Commission of India have characterised the law of limitation as a procedurallaw.
Expand the jurisdiction of Chinese courts over foreign-related civil cases The type of cases the court has jurisdiction over has been revised from “disputes due to contract or other property rights” to “foreign-related civil disputes other than personal status.”
Background China’s Civil ProcedureLaw was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil ProcedureLaw in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions. 276, para.
On 15 July 2022, the Supreme Court of New South Wales (“NSW”) recognized and enforced a Chinese judgment issued by the Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Court 12 years ago in Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co Ltd v Young [2022] NSWSC 943. [1] Written by Zilin Hao*. 1] It ruled that the defendant Katherine Young (“Ms.
In the judgment in Owens Bank, C-129/92 , the Court of Justice held that the Brussels Convention does not apply to proceedings in a Contracting State concerning the enforcement of judgment given in civil and commercial matters in non-contracting State. Court’s answer and its findings.
Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 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.
According to the doctrine of privity of contract, only parties to a choice of court agreement are subject to the rights and obligations arising from it. A choice of court agreement in a bill of lading which is agreed by the carrier and shipper and transferred to a consignee, or third-party holder is a ubiquitous example.
Kostin, Senior Research Fellow at the Private Law Research Centre (Moscow, Russia) and counsel atAvangard law firm. and Valeria Rzyanina, junior associate, Avangard Law Firm. This is a synopsis of an article published in the Herald of Civil ProcedureLaw Journal N 1/2021 in Russian). 40-39791 / 2018.
By Ananya Bhargava, Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University, India. Recently, the Delhi High Court in the case of Honasa Consumer Limited v RSM General Trading LLC granted an anti-enforcement injunction against the execution proceedings instituted in the Dubai Court on the ground that it threatened the arbitral process in India.
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. Against this background, the lawsuit before the Chinese court is more important in terms of legal analysis. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn.
When confronted with international parallel proceedings due to the existence of a competent foreign court having adjudicative jurisdiction, the seized foreign court located in common law jurisdictions seems to see it as no offence to Chinese courts by granting anti-suit injunctions to restrain Chinese proceedings.
Theimer: The last arrow in the English courts’ quiver? Quasi-anti-suit injunctions’ and damages for breach of exclusive choice of court agreements This article analyses the last instance of failed integration of English common law instruments into the jurisdictional system of the Brussels regime.
Mr Ting Liao, PhD candidate at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law, published a note on the Chinese Smart Court , which attracted a lot of interest and attention. We have responded a few enquires and comments, some relating to the procedure and feasibility of virtual/remote hearing.
The rules on applicable law for environmental damage, contained in the Rome II Regulation on the law that applies to non-contractual obligations, are a clear and considered exception. Courts are struggling with the right approach to the relevant rules. Those obligations remain contractual even if they entitle a third party.
Thomale: Ipso facto clauses in cross-border cases (German) Ipso facto clauses or bankruptcy clauses present a controversial problem to both contractlaw and insolvency law. Special attention is given to anticipatory ipso facto clauses , cancelling the contract before the opening of insolvency proceedings. Kasolowsky/C.
This is especially so given that “external” conflict of laws rules seem to sometimes guide “internal” conflict of laws cases. [8] In a not so distant and colonial past, there were multiple “internationalized” or mixed courts in various regions and nations. The last such mixed court only closed its doors in 1980. [9]
The central topic of the present issue (Focus) is further elaborated by the contributions of Professor Spyros Tsantinis on the importance of private autonomy in European and international procedurallaw, and of Dr. Konstantinos Voulgarakis on the protection mechanisms in the case of choice of court agreements.
Professor Kerameus started his academic career at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in his home town, and completed his career at the University of Athens. He taught Civil Procedure, Comparative and International ProceduralLaw in Greek and other leading Universities abroad.
Nitschmann: The consequences of Brexit on Civil Judicial Cooperation between Germany and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union has far-reaching consequences for international civil procedurelaw. 57 Austrian Code of Civil Procedure. 5 Brussels Ia Regulation and Art.
This article examines the impact of this realignment on private international law, for civil and commercial matters, within the legal systems of the UK, the EU and third countries with whom the UK and the EU had established relationships before their separation. It approaches that subject from three perspectives.
In the XX century, dispute resolution was characterized by the leading role played by State courts: however, this situation has begun to change. With modernity and globalization has come the search of ways to ensure the ‘deconflictualisation’ of social and economic relations and solve conflicts arising out of them. Cristina M.
Remien : The European Succession Regulation and the many questions of the European court practice – five years after entry into force. but especially national court practice shows many interesting cases of the necessary overall assessment. 102 TFEU and/or national competition law rules. The long-awaited U.S. According to Art.
In instances where multiple representative foundations seek to bring proceedings for the same event without reaching a settlement up to a certain point during the proceedings, the court will appoint an exclusive representative. This procedural detail adds an additional layer of complexity to the dynamics of collective actions under the WAMCA.
This contribution maps the meaning and nature of those articles, their application in early case-law across Member States, and their impact among others on business and human rights litigation, pre and post Brexit. Indonesian civil procedurelaw recognises choice of court agreements made by contracting parties.
Wolfram: Achmea – neglecting of international public law – some afterthoughts. This contribution is not meant to assess the Achmea judgment of the European Court of Justice. Schlosser: Jurisdiction Agreements and other Agreements integrally Covered by European Law.
Written by NIE Yuxin and LIU Chang, Wuhan University Institute of International Law. The present Civil ProcedureLaw of China (hereinafter “CPL”) was enacted in 1990 and has been amended four times. All amendments made no substantive adjustments to the foreign-related civil procedure proceedings. Background. Jurisdiction.
Meng Yu, lecturer at China University of Political Science and Law, and co-founder of China Justice Observer. This case marks the first time that a Chinese court has recognized and enforced a Thai monetary judgment. Guangxi High People’s Court’s news ). On 16 September 2019, the Thai Court issued a civil judgment No.
Judicial mediation is a unique dispute resolution mechanism in Chinese civil procedure. Wherever civil disputes are brought to the court, the judge should, based on parties’ consent, mediate before adjudicating. Zilin Hao, Anjie Law Firm, Beijing, China. This document is called ‘judicial mediation settlement’ in this note.
The authors discuss both important decisions and pending cases before the CJEU as well as important decisions from German courts pertaining to the subject matter of the article. In addition, the article also looks at current projects and the latest developments at the Hague Conference of Private International Law.
Magnus: A new Private International Law and new Procedural Rules for Adoptions in Germany. As a result of two recent reforms the German private international and procedurallaws applicable to adoptions have changed quite substantively. The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Frankfurt a.M. Staudinger/F.
Applications to recognize and enforce CAS awards are not part of Greek court’s daily order business. About ten years ago, the first decision of a Greek court was published, which accepted an application to declare a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) enforceable. April 2022, both unreported).
Furthermore, the authors look at areas of law where the EU has made use of its external competence. They discuss both important decisions and pending cases before the CJEU as well as important decisions from German courts pertaining to the subject matter of the article. While the court left the decision between lit. a and lit.
Cross-border family disputes are the Focus of the current issue and were examined in an online conference of Lex and Forum (8.12.2022), under the Presidency of the Supreme Court Judge, Ms. Evdoxia Kiouptsidou-Stratoudaki. 2021, on the non-opposition to public order of a marriage performed by a proxy, with a note by Dr.
This also applies to the extended possibility of choice of court agreements, for which it is still unclear whether exclusive prorogation is possible beyond the cases named in Article 10 section 4 of the Brussels II ter Regulation. The Federal Supreme Court requested a ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court on this issue in November 2018.
Hay : On the Road to a Third American Restatement of Conflicts Law. American private international law (Conflict of Laws, “Conflicts Law”) addresses procedure (jurisdiction of courts, recognition of judgments) as well as the choice of the applicable law.
The recognition and enforcement of French civil and commercial judgments in China is generally regulated by Articles 281 and 282 of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Civil ProcedureLaw as amended in 2017 (hereinafter “ PRC CPL ”). Major Provisions under the France-China Agreement.
Maxian Rusche : Available actions in the German courts against the abuse of intra-EU investor-State arbitration proceedings. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in Achmea that intra-EU investment arbitration violates fundamental rules of EU law. The court held that the enforcement provision Article V (1) lit.
The preliminary ruling procedure under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) exists to ensure the uniform interpretation and application of EU law. One such condition is that the question referred to the court must be applicable to the decision in the initial legal dispute.
by Achim Czubaiko, Research Fellow („Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“) and PhD Candidate, supported by the German Scholarship Foundation, Institute for German and International Civil ProceduralLaw, University of Bonn. Scotland, Northern Ireland), but is rather subject to re-examination by the competent court (e.g.
Professor Francesco Paolo Luiso (University of Pisa, Italy – Academician of the Order of Lincei ) then proceeded to effectively illustrate the essential role played by lawyers in changing the traditional paradigm of dispute resolution which sees court adjudication as the main (if not, the sole) way of settling disputes.
After all, mandatory application in EU courts is largely irrelevant if courts do not have jurisdiction in the first place. If the remaining alternative is to bring an action in a court outside the EU, the application of the CSDDD civil liability regime is not, however, guaranteed. Common to Arts. 22 (5) CSDDD.
During the twentieth century many countries moved from an absolute theory of foreign state immunity, under which countries could never be sued in another country’s courts, to the restrictive theory. But Russia joined the restrictive immunity camp in 2016, when its law on the jurisdictional immunity of foreign states went into effect.
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