On November 28 and 29, 2016 the University of Milano-Bicocca hosted a meeting of the staff working on the “EU Judiciary Training on Brussels IIa Regulation: From South to East” project. The meeting was devoted to settle on some organizational
Summary of the Decision of 20 October 2016, the Supreme Court of Lithuania (case No 3K-3-426/2016) In its recent decision of 20 October 2016, the Supreme Court of Lithuania gave its opinion on two important issues linked to the interpretation
The Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Sezione Prima Civile), with a decision published on the 1st of December (n. 24542/2016), has determined that the foreign judgment on divorce should be recognized in Italy although it hangs a separation
Hearing of the Child: age and maturity are not the only factors to be taken into account, but refusal to hear the child who wants to be heard must be well reasoned On ECtHR Casarrubios et Cantalapiedra Iglesias v. Espagne
Next week the city of Milan will host Bookcity Milano 2016, an important event about publishing, books, and culture in general: a four days marathon of conferences, presentations and other interesting initiatives on communication and digital media (see official website
The decision of the Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial) of Barcelona nº 573/2013 of 1 October 2013, though rendered some years ago, outstands as it considers the use of mediation in the enforcement of a child return order in a child
It is the first time ever that the issue of marriage annulment is the subject of a ruling of the European Court of Justice. The facts of the case are however more complex than this limited issue. On 20 November
The Law Department of the University of Florence organizes on this coming Friday (October 28, 2016) a full day conference dedicated to new instruments to promote the correct application of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights (original Italian title: “Nuovi strumenti per promuovere
A recent decision of the Milan Tribunal rejecting the application for amendment of a settlement in a divorce proceeding held in an non-EU State is the subject of an interesting article (in Italian) by Sara Bernasconi, Sulla domanda di modifica
Last July the news that the Turkish government had decided to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights had raised serious concerns about an authoritarian drift of policy (see article on The Telegraph). Last week came a rather more
