The contributions presented at the 19th Journée de droit international privé, held in March 2007 at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (ISDC) and dedicated to the new Lugano Convention, have been published by Schulthess, under the editorship of Andrea Bonomi, Eleanor Cashin Ritaine and Gian Paolo Romano: La Convention de Lugano. Passé, présent et [...]
According to a statement by the Portuguese Presidency, and a press release by the European Commission (DG Freedom, Security and Justice), the new Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters was signed by the EC, Denmark and the three EFTA States which are party to the [...]
The Norwegian Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on the question of recognition in Norway of a Swedish judgment, on a distress warrant against the defendant, in accordance with the Lugano Convention. The decision (Borgarting lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-07-11, has case number LB-2007-71963, is published in LB-2007-71963, and is retrievable from [...]
The Norwegian Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on the question of Choice of law regarding the limitation period for money claims. The decision (Borgarting lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-05-28, published in LH-2007-75346, and is retrievable from here.
Parties, facts and contentions
The plaintiff and distrainer, Østjydske Bank AS, domiciled in Denmark, [...]
The Norwegian Court of Appeal (Haalogaland lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on the Lugano Convention Article 5 nr. 1 on the interpretation of the notions “contract”, “obligation” and “the place of performance” of the obligation. The decision (Haalogaland lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-05-16, published in LH-2007-70583, and is retrievable from here.
Parties, facts and [...]
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Chair for Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) has created under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dieter Martiny a very useful website (in German/English) which contains links on comparative law, private international law, uniform law as well as European Union institutions, case law and Community legislation. [...]
The Norwegian Court of Appeals (Frostating lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on enforcement in Norway, in accordance with the Lugano Convention, of a German court decision on maintenance obligations between two spouses. The decision (Frostating lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-05-04, was published in LF-2007-17684, and is retrievable from here.
Parties, facts, conclusions, legal basis [...]
The Norwegian Court of Appeals (Borgarting lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on the Lugano Convention Art 8 pursuant to the notion “insurer”. The decision (Borgarting lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-02-13, was published in LB-2007-8743, and is retrievable from here. Following is a brief note on the case.
Parties, facts, contentions, court instances and conclusions
The [...]
As stated by recent news on the European Judicial Network (EJN) website, a final version of the text of the new Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters was agreed upon at a diplomatic conference held in Brussels on 28 March 2007 by the EC, Denmark [...]
Saturday, December 9, 2006
The Norwegian Supreme Court of Appeals has recently handed down a judgment on the Lugano Convention Art 16(1)(a). The decision (Norsk Höyesterett (kjennelse)) is dated 2006-09-07, was published in HR-2006-01547-U – case no. 2006/1310 and is retrievable from here.
Facts and contentionsThe facts and contentions of the case were the following. In 2003, C and his cohabitant A [...]
