Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

On 4 July 2025, the Cyprus Court of Appeal issued a unanimous and principled judgment that overturned an unjust ruling of the District Court

Im April 2025 trat das Gesetz zur Stärkung des Justizstandorts Deutschland durch die Einführung von Commercial Courts und der Gerichtssprache Englisch in der Zivilgerichtsbarkeit (Justizstandort-Stärkungsgesetz) in Kraft.

Summary: This article presents case law examples where Greek courts have ruled that enforcement proceedings should be suspended due to the debtor's submission of an application...

A recent case at the European Court of Justice can have important consequences for imports of accessories and disposables for medical devices, as these may be subject to a customs tariff of 6.5 percent.

EU member states are not under all circumstances allowed to restrict the sale of medical devices to only brick-and-mortar shops that specialise in medical devices.

Following an intensive period of deliberation and consultation with interested parties, the Group concluded that the current system of awarding damages for future pecuniary losses - the lump sum award - is inadequate and inappropriate.

On 17 January 2012, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal declared an international collective settlement binding in a case where none of the potentially liable parties and only a limited number of the potential claimants were domiciled in the Netherlands.

In a series of judgments the German courts have subjected directors of UK limited companies with 'centres of main interest' (COMI) in Germany to German insolvency law.

In a current decision (BGH 5 StR 394/08) the Federal Supreme Court ("Bundesgerichtshof", "BGH") has taken a stance regarding a compliance officer’s responsibility within a company.

The case of "Leander Construction Ltd v Mulalley & Company Ltd [2011] EWHC 3449", heard before the Technology and Construction Court in the United Kingdom, recently considered the question as to whether a sub-contractor is under an implied obligation to a main contractor to proceed ‘regularly and diligently’ with the sub-contract works.

In almost every due diligence involving real estate in the Czech Republic, several legal issues emerge which are crucial for the existence (or non-existence) of ownership or other rights regarding real estate established in favour of certain subjects.

In this article, we briefly address the Supreme Court's decision in the so-called Sopron underground parking lot case which has been one of the hottest topics in the legal playing field in the past few months.