CI/2019/02

13-14 MARCH 2019

Judicial Areal Na Micankach, 28. Pluku 1533/29b;

GPS 50.0721797N, 14.4649133E

Prague, Czech Republic

EJTN CIVIL JUSTICE SEMINAR

Brussels I regulation – jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil matters – Basic/Introductory level

With financial support from the Justice

Programme of the European Union

The purpose of the 2 day-long seminar is to give judges dealing (even occasionally) with cross border disputes in civil and commercial matters an insight in the EU-rules on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgements, as changed by the Brussels I Recast (Regulation 1215/2012).

Expert speakers will be called to expand upon these rules, situate them within in the framework of the EU-legislation on judicial cooperation, and focus on their practical application.

In order to combine the theoretical approach furthermore with a more concrete one, different workshop sessions will be organized to provide a widened knowledge on this important EU instrument and its related case-law, and to facilitate the exchange of best practices amongst the participants.

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019

Moderator: JUDr. Petr Bříza, LL.M., Ph.D.

8.45

Arrival and registration of participants

9.00 -9.30

Official opening of the seminar

Welcome words by the Croatian Judicial Academy and the EJTN representative

Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment (Turning technologies)

Ivana Jarasova,

Sára Sipos, Senior Project Manager, EJTN Secretariat

9.30-10.15

The Brussels I Regulation recast – Origin, scope of application and general features

Vesna Lazic, Professor at University Utrecht (NL) and at the University Rijeka (HR)

10.15-11.00

The actor sequitur forum rei rule and the rules on special jurisdiction over contractual and non-contractual matters

Jasnica Garašić, Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia - tbc

11.00-11.30

Coffee Break

11.30-12.15

Choice-of-court agreements.

Tacit prorogation of jurisdiction

Marta Pertegás Sender, Professor of Private International Law and Transnational Law University of Maastricht (NL)

12.15-12.30

Debate

12.30-13.30

Lunch break

13.30-15.00

Work in sub-groups: resolution of practical cases involving issues in respect of jurisdiction

Workshop leaders:

Carlos Marinho, Judge at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon, Portugal

Jasnica Garašić, Professor at the University of Zagreb, CroatiaAleš Galić, Ph.D. Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law; legal advisor to the Constitutional Court of SloveniaMarta Pertegás Sender, Professor of Private International Law and Transnational Law University of Maastricht (NL)

15.00-15.30

Coffee break

15.30-16.30

Work in sub-groups: resolution of practical cases involving issues of jurisdiction

Workshop leaders:

Carlos Marinho, Judge at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon, Portugal

Jasnica Garašić, Professor at the University of Zagreb, CroatiaAleš Galić, Ph.D. Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law; legal advisor to the Constitutional Court of SloveniaMarta Pertegás Sender, Professor of Private International Law and Transnational Law University of Maastricht (NL)

16.30-17.00

Reports in the plenary: resolution of a practical case involving issues of jurisdiction

19.30

Social Dinner

THURSDAY 14 MARCH 2019

Moderator: JUDr. Petr Bříza, LL.M., Ph.D.

8.45

Arrival and registration of participants

9.00-9.45

Special rules of jurisdiction on contracts concluded by consumers and individual contracts of employment Protective and exclusive jurisdiction rules

Ilse Couwenberg, Judge of the Belgian Court of Cassation, Member of the EJN

9.45-10.30

Lis pendens and related actions

Jurisdiction to grant provisional measures

Vesna Lazic, Professor at University Utrecht (NL) and at the University Rijeka (HR)

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

11.00-12.30

Work in sub-groups: resolution of practical cases involving issues of jurisdiction as regards consumer and employment disputes, and parallel proceedings

Workshop leaders:

Carlos Marinho, Judge at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon, Portugal

Ilse Couwenberg, Judge of the Belgian Court of Cassation, Member of the EJN Jasnica Garašić, Professor at the University of Zagreb, CroatiaVesna Lazic, Professor at University Utrecht (NL) and at the University Rijeka (HR)

12.30-13.00

Reports in the plenary: resolution of a practical case involving issues of jurisdiction as regards consumer and employment disputes, and parallel proceedings

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00

Recognition and enforcement of judgments

Aleš Galić, Ph.D. Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law; legal advisor to the Constitutional Court of Slovenia

15.00-15.30

Debate

15.30-16.00

Assessment of Knowledge Acquired (Turning Technologies)

Sára Sipos, Senior Project Manager, EJTN Secretariat

16.00-16.30

End of the conference and closing words

EXPERTS / SPEKAERS

Ms. Jasnica Garašić

Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia

Ms. Ilse Couwenberg

Judge at the Supreme Court of Belgium

Mr. Aleš Galić

Ph.D. Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law; legal advisor to the Constitutional Court of Slovenia

Ms. Vesna Lazic

Professor at University Utrecht (NL) and at the University Rijeka (HR)

Ms. Marta Pertegás SenderProfessor of Private International Law and Transnational Law University of Maastricht (NL)

Mr. Carlos Marinho

Judge at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon

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