Handbook European Civil Procedure
De Gruyter Brill has released a new handbook on European Civil Procedure, edited by Xandra Kramer, Stefaan Voet and Adriani Dori. The volume offers a three‑part roadmap: foundational EU principles and digitalisation, detailed litigation and dispute‑resolution mechanisms, and forward‑looking analyses of harmonisation and enlargement. It surveys everything from service of documents and jurisdiction to ADR/ODR, collective redress and legal‑aid funding. A hybrid launch event will be hosted by the European Civil Justice Centre at Leuven University on 25‑26 June.
TDM Call for Papers on “Project Finance in International Arbitration”
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) announced a special issue on “Project Finance in International Arbitration,” edited by Seabron Adamson and Tiago Duarte‑Silva of Charles River Associates. The call invites scholars and practitioners to explore how special‑purpose vehicle structures, lender rights, and...
HCCH Monthly Update: March 2026
The Hague Conference on Private International Law welcomed Guatemala as its 93rd member on 4 March 2026, expanding the organization’s global reach. On the same day the 2019 Judgments Convention entered into force for Albania and Montenegro, while Monaco ratified the...
Calls Open: Summer School and Workshop on Consumer Law and Green Rights in the EU
University of Udine announced a summer school on consumer and market law in the European circular economy, running July 8‑17, 2026, and a one‑day workshop on judicial protection of green rights on July 14, 2026. Both events target students, researchers...
The Reception of Hilton v Guyot and Comity in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Anglophone Africa
The blog examines how Anglophone African courts are integrating the U.S. comity doctrine from Hilton v. Guyot into the traditionally obligation‑based common‑law regime for recognizing foreign judgments. Liberia stands out as the only jurisdiction that fully embraces comity, while Kenya...
Internships at the HCCH
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has opened applications for three‑ to six‑month legal internships at its Permanent Bureau in The Hague, running from September 2026 to February 2027. Interns will rotate through the Family and Child Protection Law, Transnational...
No Exequatur Granted for a Panamanian Judgment in Greece Due to Public Policy Considerations [Piraeus Court of First...
The Piraeus Court of First Instance refused to grant an exequatur for a 2024 Panama Maritime Court judgment, finding the required appeal security of roughly $45 million disproportionate and contrary to Greek public policy. Panama law mandates a security equal to...
Non-Qualifying Ceremonies: The Futility of Foreign Registration of Islamic Marriages Under English Law
In MA v WK (2025) three women who performed nikah ceremonies in England argued that later registration of those unions in Pakistan should render them valid foreign marriages under English law. The Family Court rejected the claim, reaffirming that the...
TDM Call for Papers: Special Issue on “International Arbitration and the Space Industry”
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) is publishing a special issue on International Arbitration and the Space Industry, edited by Freshfields partners Alexandra van der Meulen, Kate Gough, Joshua Kelly, Annie Pan and Veronika Timofeeva. The call invites scholarly articles on topics ranging from liability...
14th International Forum on the E-APP: Registration Open!
The Permanent Bureau announced that registration is now open for the 14th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e‑APP), scheduled for 12‑13 May 2026 in Marrakesh, Morocco. This marks the first time the e‑APP Forum will be hosted in...
Save the Date: 24/25 September 2026, International Filiation Law in the EU
The International Filiation Law conference will convene on 24‑25 September 2026 at the University of Bonn. It will scrutinise the EU Parenthood Proposal, exploring academic and political reactions within a human‑rights and EU‑law framework. A diverse roster of speakers—from the German Federal...
Virtual Workshop (in English) on April 7, 2026: Chukwuma Okoli on “Choice of Law for Employment Contracts in Africa: Rethinking...
On April 7, 2026 the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host a virtual workshop featuring Chukwuma Okoli of the University of Birmingham. Okoli will examine how African courts currently apply the EU‑centric Rome I framework to cross‑border employment contracts. He...
A Few Takeaways From the Conclusions & Decisions of the HCCH Governing Body (CGAP – 2026 Meeting): Parentage/Surrogacy, Jurisdiction Project,...
The HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy released its 2026 Conclusions & Decisions, marking the end of the long‑running parentage‑surrogacy project without adopting a new convention. A UK‑initiated working group was mandated to explore a future convention on cross‑border...
Muscles From Munich? How German Courts Might Stop US Companies From Violating Copyright Through AI Training
The Munich Regional Court heard GEMA’s claim that Suno, a US‑based generative‑music AI, infringed German copyrights by using protected songs for training. The dispute revives the court’s earlier OpenAI ruling but shifts focus to musical arrangements and the cross‑border location...
German Federal Court of Justice on the Pegasus-Software Scandal: States Do Not Have a General Right of Personality
On 24 February 2026 Germany’s Federal Court of Justice dismissed Morocco’s claim that the state could assert a general right of personality against the news portal Zeit Online for reporting on alleged Pegasus surveillance. The court held that states lack...
Climate Litigation Before the German Federal Court of Justice – “Too Complex” For Private Law Instruments?
On 2 March 2026 the German Federal Court of Justice heard oral arguments in two tort‑law actions brought by the NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe against BMW and Mercedes‑Benz, seeking injunctions to stop sales of combustion‑engine cars after 2030. The claim invokes...
Registration Open: Australasian Association of Private International Law Conference, Sydney, 16-17 April 2026
The Australasian Association of Private International Law (AAPrIL) has opened registration for its 2026 conference in Sydney on 16‑17 April. The two‑day event will be hosted at Ashurst Lawyers, Martin Place, and features panels on jurisdiction, digitalisation, regional cooperation, arbitration, and applicable...
ELI-Webinar “Enhancing Child Protection” (Int’l Filiation Law)
On March 12, 2026, the European Law Institute will host a webinar to present its newly approved report “Enhancing Child Protection: Private International Law on Filiation and the European Commission’s Proposal COM/2022/695.” The report, led by Dr. Ilaria Pretelli and...
Call for Papers: 11th Journal of Private International Law Conference (Zurich, 1–3 April 2027)
The Journal of Private International Law (JPIL) will host its 11th conference at the University of Zurich from 1‑3 April 2027. Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts of up to 500 words by 30 June 2026, with options for individual papers or...
Conference: Assimilated Law – the Role and Future of Retained EU Law in the UK (Oxford, 13/14 April 2026)
The University of Oxford will host a two‑day conference on 13‑14 April 2026 to examine the role and future of “assimilated law,” the body of retained EU legislation that remains in the UK post‑Brexit. Organized by Professor Anne Davies and Dr Johannes Ungerer...
First Issue of Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly for 2026
Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly released its first 2026 issue, featuring a collection of scholarly articles on private international law. The issue includes analyses of ship arrest across jurisdictions, enforcement of judgments against wealth structures, and the treatment of...
Brazilian Ruling Recognises US Name Change
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) Corte Especial ruled it could not recognize a U.S. naturalisation but did recognize a foreign judgment changing a Brazilian national’s surname to "Matthew Windsor." The decision relied on the domicile principle in the LINDB...
Anti-Arbitration Injunction in Foreign-Seated Arbitrations: The Delhi High Court’s Controversial Intervention in Engineering Projects (India) Limited V. MSA Global LLC...
On 25 July 2025 the Delhi High Court issued an anti‑arbitration injunction halting a Singapore‑seat ICC arbitration between Engineering Projects (India) Limited and MSA Global LLC. The court relied on Section 9 of the CPC, finding the tribunal’s composition oppressive after...
FAMIMOVE Is Back! – FAMIMOVE 3.0 Starts on 1 March 2026
FAMIMOVE 3.0 launches on 1 March 2026 as an EU‑co‑funded initiative under the JUST‑2025‑JCOO programme, extending the work of FAMIMOVE 2.0. The two‑year project brings together seven universities from six Member States to study children in vulnerable migration situations. It will map child‑protection...
SLS Annual Conference 2026: Private International Law Section: Call for Papers
The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) will hold its 2026 Annual Conference at the University of East Anglia in Norwich from 2‑4 September, returning to a fully in‑person format while keeping plenary sessions available online. The Private International Law section...
Cross-Border Personal Data Transfers: The Remaining Issues Following the Indonesian Constitutional Court Decision
On 19 January 2026 Indonesia’s Constitutional Court dismissed a petition challenging Article 56 of the 2022 Personal Data Protection Law, which governs cross‑border data transfers. The Court held that such transfers are administrative actions of the executive, not matters requiring parliamentary approval, and...
Registrations Now Open: “Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives From Germany and the Netherlands”
A symposium on the digitalisation of justice will be held in Groningen on 29 May 2026, hosted by Dr. Benedikt Schmitz. The event features a keynote by Germany’s Justice Minister Benjamin Grimm and expert panels covering private international, civil, criminal, and administrative law. Emerging...
Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2025
The 39th annual survey on choice of law in American courts has been published on SSRN, cataloguing the most consequential 2025 decisions on choice of law, party autonomy, extraterritoriality, international human rights, sovereign immunity, jurisdiction, and foreign‑judgment enforcement. Highlights include...
Publication and Webinar: ELI Report on the EU Parenthood Proposal
The European Law Institute (ELI) released its project report titled “Enhancing Child Protection,” offering constructive amendments to the European Commission’s 2022 Parenthood Proposal (COM/2022/695). The report aims to align the draft regulation more closely with the EU acquis, prioritize the...
HUK-COBURG II: A Case on Mandatory Overriding Law or Jurisdiction?
The CJEU’s judgment in HUK‑COBURG II examined whether Bulgaria’s Article 52 of the ZZD can be treated as an overriding mandatory rule under Rome II. The Court introduced a “sufficient connexion” test, requiring a close link between the facts and the forum before...
Recent Publication: Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe
“Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe”, edited by Laura Carpaneto, Francesca Maoli and Ilaria Queirolo, presents the findings of the EU‑co‑funded UniPAR project. The volume offers comparative analyses across six member states—Spain, Belgium, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland—covering jurisdiction, applicable law,...
Trial Supervision System No Longer Impediment in Hong Kong’s Recognition and Enforcement of Chinese Mainland Judgments
Hong Kong courts have now ruled that the Mainland China trial supervision system does not automatically invalidate the recognition and enforcement of Mainland judgments. Recent decisions, notably Sunsco International Holdings Ltd v Lin Chunrong and Huzhou Shenghua Financial Services Co...
Richard Fentiman’s Lecture on Contactless Injunctions in English Law
Professor Richard Fentiman, Emeritus at Cambridge, will present a virtual lecture on “Contactless Injunctions: New Approaches to Jurisdiction in English Law” at the Max Planck Institute workshop on 3 March 2026. He will explain how English courts are now granting extraterritorial injunctions even...
New Book Alert: Recognition and Enforcement of Non-EU Judgments
Bloomsbury’s new volume *Recognition and Enforcement of Non‑EU Judgments* launches on 19 February 2026, edited by Tobias Lutzi, Ennio Piovesani and Dora Zgrabljic Rotar. It provides the first systematic, comparative examination of how 21 EU Member States treat judgments issued outside the Union....
REFLECTIONS ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The second African private international law symposium highlighted a surge in judicial engagement with cross‑border disputes across twenty‑six jurisdictions. Participants underscored the lingering influence of colonial legal frameworks and the need for reforms that reflect African economic realities. The symposium...