RECORDING OF THE SEMINAR
Key lecturer: Prof. Dr. Nikolay Natov
Topic: The revised regime of jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – the key changes introduced by the Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012
Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria
Date & Time: 30 November 2016, 15.00 – 16.30 CET
Language: English
Target group
This seminar is meant for practitioners in the field of private international law such as judges, lawyers and in-house legal counsel but also other members of the legal and judicial professions, academics, and experts working in national and EU administrations.
Topics and Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Nikolay Natov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
- The revised regime of jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - the key changes introduced by the Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012
Hristo Konstantinov, Deputy managing director of APIS Europe JSC
- Presentation of EuroCases, a rich collection of national and European case law linked to EU law
- Presentation of Link Detector, a free extension to browsers and MS Word editor that checks for legal citations and sets links to EU legislation and case law
Description
The seminar will focus on the following issues:
1. Aim and purpose of the new "Brussels Ia Regulation"
2. Almost unchanged jurisdiction rules, but:
- New in Article 25 (prorogation) – The parties may choose the court of a Member State regardless of their domicile, while previously being required at least for one of the parties to be domiciled in a Member State
- New in Article 18.1 and Article 21.1 – Claims brought by consumers and employees may be brought against defendants domiciled in the EU and against such domiciled in a third country
- The special jurisdiction for the protection of monuments and cultural objects illegally removed from the country – Article 7.4
3. Remedies against abuse of "Lis pendens" rules
4. The abolishment, albeit under certain conditions, of the procedure of admissibility for enforcement (exequatur) with clarification of the concept from Bulgarian and the EU perspectives