HCCH — News on 27 October announced the development entitled “Canada ratifies and Kyrgyzstan accedes to the Child Support Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
Gábor Levente Kozma and Murilo Lubambo de Melo address how the European Union and England and Wales can constrain cross-border SLAPPs, focusing on the allocation of international jurisdiction. They also consider the recognition and enforcement of decisions arising from such proceedings.
Baffour Yiadom-Boakye addresses how the boundaries of arbitrability are determined in Ghanaian international arbitration and how those boundaries affect recognition of arbitration agreements and recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Tuğrul Çakir’s article in Türkiye Adalet Akademisi Dergisi discusses intervention in proceedings before the International Court of Justice under Articles 62 and 63 of the ICJ Statute, through the lens of the proper administration of justice.
The definition of ‘judgment’ in the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention is the focus of this Uniform Law Review article by Matthias Weller and Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen.
Antoine d’Ornano’s article in the Revue critique de droit international privé addresses the new questions raised by the exequatur of foreign administrative judgments in France.
Étienne Farnoux’s article addresses the extent to which a jurisdiction clause and a “pay to be paid” clause can be relied on against a victim bringing a cross-border direct action against an insurer.
David Sindres’s article addresses whether an action brought by the assignee of a contractual claim against the assigned debtor falls within ‘contractual matters’ for the purposes of Article 7(1) of the Brussels I bis Regulation.
In an article published in Revue critique de droit international privé, Clémentine Legendre addresses the place of performance under the second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of the Brussels I bis Regulation for contracts concerning the development and ongoing operation of software.
Louis d’Avout’s article in the Revue critique de droit international privé addresses exclusive jurisdiction in company matters and the French understanding of a company’s seat.
This article states that a validly agreed jurisdiction clause conferring jurisdiction on a foreign court prevails over the special jurisdiction of the court of one co-defendant, even where the dispute is indivisible or the contracts are interdependent.
Dawid Stadniczeńko’s article in AI Law Politics asks whether AI-mediated interpreting and machine translation can satisfy the fair-trial right to adequate language assistance for people who do not understand the language of the proceedings.
UNCITRAL — News on 2026-07-06 announced the development entitled “UNCITRAL adopts key texts to facilitate use of arbitral awards and notices of arbitration in electronic form”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / UNCITRAL.
The EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions held its fourth meeting on 4 June 2026, chaired by Birgit van Houtert and Marco Pasqua, after the 7 May 2026 transposition deadline had passed.
Ana Mulej’s dissertation considers how the economic unit doctrine operates in EU competition-law infringement cases and how Article 8(1) of the Brussels I Recast is affected by that doctrine, using the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
James Kraska authored the academic publication “U.S. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Measures for North Korea Maritime Sanctions Enforcement” in The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, published on 2026-06-01.
Merve Acun Mekengeç’s article starts from the point that a jurisdiction agreement is a contract by which the parties, by mutual consent, accept the jurisdiction of a particular court, and then examines the conditions for conferring jurisdiction on a foreign court in maintenance disputes with a…
UNCITRAL — News on 2026-04-28 announced the development entitled “Azerbaijan signs the Singapore Convention on Mediation”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / UNCITRAL.