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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions.

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How to become a paralegal if you have a law degree

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Completing a degree would have given you a great foundation knowledge of academic law but in order to be a professional paralegal, you should learn about practice and procedure. This does not have to be in the legal sector as paralegals do not just work in solicitors’ firms. An interview with a teacher turned legal secretary.

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

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The judgment and the underlying (political and legal) conflicts are also interesting beyond their German relevance, as the case raises fundamental questions for climate governance. To compel the federal government to fulfill its legal obligation under the CCA, two environmental associations filed a lawsuit in the Higher Administrative Court.

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Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar of 11 January 2024 on the Scope of the Service Regulation in respect to service of process on a domestic subsidiary of a foreign defendant in cartel damages proceedings, C-632/22 – AB Volvo

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In principle, the answer is simply no (absent special arrangements), because the subsidiary is a self-standing legal entity. In its decision of 19 July 2016, the EU Commission found that a number of truck manufacturers had infringed Art. If it is the foreign mother company that is the defendant, process must be served on her.

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The Kessler Cat is Still in the Studio: Restabilizing Res Judicata

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The SG asserted the non-legal maxim “two wrongs make a right” to effectively conclude that the Kessler expansion error was rendered harmless by compounding errors in the court’s claim preclusion doctrine. 4] A lot has happened in procedural law 1907. Patreon, Inc. , Kessler and its Progeny : Kessler v.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

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It mandates that companies, along with their associated partners in the supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution, must take steps to avoid, halt, or reduce any negative effects they may have on human rights and the environment. This disclosure must adhere to national procedural laws.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2022: Abstracts

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The case also gave the ECJ reason to address some interesting aspects of international jurisdiction under Article 35 of the Brussels Ibis Regulation and the relationship between this provision and the procedural laws of the Member States. They are intended to render legal disputes plannable and predictable.