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Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece
- Introduction. Decision No. 21257/2026 of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance is of particular interest in the fields of private international law and international civil procedure, as it concerns the recognition in the Greek legal order of a judgment of a foreign court dissolving a marriage, where the state in which that court operates is not officially recognised by Greece as an independent state. The issue assumes additional significance because the judgment originates from Kosovo, whose international legal status continues to be the subject of divergent positions within the international community.
The principal question is whether Greece’s non-recognition of Kosovo automatically precludes recognition of the legal effects of a judicial decision rendered within its territory, or whether such effects may be recognised without prior diplomatic recognition of the entity concerned as a state.
The Philippines: Recognition of Foreign Divorces and Recent Amendments to the Rules of Court
This post is kindly prepared by Akifumi MOCHIZUKI, attorney at law at Atsumi Toshiyuki Law Office and a member of Private International Law Association of Japan
Mozambican Supreme Court Recognises an Indian Adoption: A Teleological Approach to the Recognition of Foreign Acts
I. Introduction
Can a foreign adoption deed be given effect in Mozambique? What procedural steps must be followed, and which requirements must be satisfied? Does the fact that the adoption takes the form of a notarial deed complicate its “recognition” in Mozambique under the applicable legal framework for the “review and confirmation of foreign judgments”? These are some of the questions addressed by the Mozambican Supreme Court in a recent decision concerning the recognition of an Indian adoption in Mozambique. The case is particularly interesting and offers valuable insights from a comparative law perspective, thus warranting closer examination.
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Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece (copy)
- Introduction. Decision No. 21257/2026 of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance is of particular interest in the fields of private international law and international civil procedure, as it concerns the recognition in the Greek legal order of a judgment of a foreign court dissolving a marriage, where the state in which that court operates is not officially recognised by Greece as an independent state. The issue assumes additional significance because the judgment originates from Kosovo, whose international legal status continues to be the subject of divergent positions within the international community.
The principal question is whether Greece’s non-recognition of Kosovo automatically precludes recognition of the legal effects of a judicial decision rendered within its territory, or whether such effects may be recognised without prior diplomatic recognition of the entity concerned as a state.
Seminar Netherlands Commercial Court – Interim Remedies
Text kindly provided by Willem Visser (Court Registrar and Senior Clerk Netherlands Commercial Court)
On 13 November 2026, the Netherlands Commercial Court is organizing a seminar on the commonalities and differences between interim remedies available under common and civil law. The speakers will be Mr Andrew Henshaw (Justice at the London Commercial Court), and professors Xandra Kramer and Gerard Meijer (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
This seminar may be joined online or in the courtroom. Registration is free of charge. For more information and registration, see Seminar: Interim Remedies – Commonalities and Differences in Common Law and Civil Law | NCC.
At this seminar also the book ‘Private International Law: a Step-by-Step Approach‘, authored by Willem Visser (Boom, 2026), will be presented.
Call for DPhil Applications
The following post has kindly been shared with us Roxana Banu (University of Oxford).
The Conflict of Laws/Private International Law academic team at the University of Oxford invites applications from students interested in pursuing a doctorate (DPhil, corresponding to a PhD) in the field. The Oxford Conflict of Laws team is one of the largest at any academic institution in the UK. It comprises four full-time faculty members (Associate Professor Roxana Banu, Professor Andrew Dickinson, Associate Professor Brooke Marshall and Dr Johannes Ungerer).