Category: Hague Convention

IBA Virtually Together: Managing International Litigation, 4 November 2020

30 October 2020
by Peter Bert
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At this year’s International Bar Association‘s virtual annual conference, I have the pleasure of  moderating a session on managing international litigation, with this wonderful panel:

  • Sam Hosseini of Stikeman Elliott in Toronto, providing the perspective of outside counsel,
  • James Menz, Senior Litigation Counsel at Bombardier, sharing his insights from the corporate perspetive
  • and last but not least Brody Warren of the Hague Conference on Private International Law’s Permanent Bureau in The Hague. Inter alia, Brody will shed light on the use of video technology under the Hague Evidence Convention.

Join us on Wednesday, 4 November 2020 at 12:00 AM GMT!

Brexit Update: The UK’s Negotiation Strategy

27 February 2020
by Peter Bert
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UK Breixt Feb 2020Earlier this month, when the European Commission published its draft mandate for the Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom, I looked at what was in there regarding matters relevant to this blog, in particular at judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters. The European Commission’s paper was silent on these topics. Today, the U.K.’s equivalent has been published, and it contains a short paragraph on the topic: Read More

The Hague Judgments Convention – Should the European Union Join?

18 February 2020
by Peter Bert
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HCCH LogoLast week, the European Commission started a consultation process on the question whether the EU should join the Hague Judgments Convention (Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters). Here is the Commission’s summary: Read More

The Hague Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters between the EU and Third Countries, Bonn, 25 and 26 September 2020

5 February 2020
by Peter Bert
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Uni Bonn LogoIn this guest post, Matthias Weller of Bonn University introduces a conference on a topic at the very heart of this blog, The Hague Judgments Convention.

Brexit has become reality – one more reason to think about the EU’s Judicial Cooperation with third states:

The largest proportion of EU economic growth in the 21st century is expected to arise in trade with third countries. This is why the EU is building up trade relations with many states and other regional integration communities in all parts of the world. The latest example is the EU-MERCOSUR Association Agreement concluded on 28 June 2019. With the United Kingdom’s exit of the Union on 31 January 2020, extra-EU trade with neighboring countries will further increase in importance. Another challenge for the EU is China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, a powerful global development strategy that includes overland as well as sea routes in more than 100 states around the globe. Read More