PAX News

21. 9. 2022

It is a pleasure to inform you about the successful organisation of the second PAX Judicial Training at the University of Barcelona on the 19 & 20 September 2022. 

Selected judges and trainee judges from across the EU had the opportunity to participate in a range of lectures and workshops dealing with various topical private international law questions ranging from consumer protection, influence of Brexit on private international law to the application of the European Payment Order Regulation.

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The judicial training was also attended by the project partners from the University of Antwerp, University of Maastricht, University of Ljubljana, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Asser Institute and the University of Barcelona.

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We are thankful to the European Commission for funding PAX Project and enabling us to organise the judicial training. 

26. 8. 2022

We are thrilled to invite you to the second PAX Judicial Training, which will take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Barcelona on the 19 and 20 September 2022.

The programme and additional information may be found here. 

18. 6. 2022

We are pleased to inform you about the successful completion of the first PAX Judicial Training, which took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana on the 16 & 17 June 2022.

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The judicial training was attended by 20 judges and trainee judges from 8 EU Member States and project partners from University of Antwerp, University of Barcelona, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Université Paris Dauphine, Asser Institute and University of Ljubljana. 

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The judicial training offered two days of interesting lectures and workshops on topical issues of EU Private International Law as well as plenty of opportunities for lively discussions and exchanges. 

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We are thankful to all participants for their excellent input and to the European Commission for funding PAX Project, which enabled us the organisation of the training. 

19. 5. 2022

The first judicial training of the PAX Project is quickly approaching. It will take place at the Law faculty of the University of Ljubljana on the 16 and 17 June 2022. 

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The programme and additional information may be found here. 

6. 5. 2022

The Oral Rounds of the PAX Moot 2022 are successfully completed!

This year's winner is the University of Ljubljana. The runner-up is the team from the Ghent University.

The award for the best written memorial went to Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and University of Vienna.The best pleader of the oral rounds was Santiago García Parga from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Congratulations to the winning teams and a big thank you to all participating students for helping us create three unforgettable days!

A special thank you goes to the European Commission for their financial support of the PAX Moot Court and to the Université Paris Dauphine and Sciences Po for hosting us in Paris!

3. 5. 2022

The Oral Rounds of the PAX Moot Court 2022 will begin tomorrow in Paris and will take place the Université Paris Dauphine and SciencesPo.

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Follow what's happening on PAX Moot website or on our LinkedIn and Facebook profiles. 

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2. 3. 2022

Clarifications to the PAX 2022 case have been published and are available on the website. 

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We advise all participating teams to study them very carefully. 

22. 11. 2021

All teams interested in participating at the PAX Moot 2022 - Borrás Round are welcome to register at our website by filling out a form, which can be under REGISTRATION.

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We are looking forward to hot teams from the EU Member States as well as teams from around the globe who share our interest in private international law.

15. 11. 2021

We are happy to announce that the PAX Moot 2022 - Borrás Round has been launched.

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The case can found on our website under PAX 2022.

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This year's competition is dedicated and bears the name of Prof Alegría Borrás Rodríguez.

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We wish all participating team the best of luck!

15. 5. 2021

The oral rounds of the PAX Moot 2022 - von Mehren Round are successfully completed. Despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are thrilled about the excellent pleadings by the teams and the quality of their legal argumentation! 

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Winner of the oral round:

Singapore Management University (team members Jill Lim, Grace Sim, Keith Tob and Warren Tian)

Runner-up:

University of Cologne (team members Max Bohn, Franziska Lesch, Oskar Matzpreiksch and Julian Tillmann)

Best oralist:

Alvin Cheung, University of Oxford

Best written memorandum:

Catholic University of Milan, Sacre Cuore (team members Daniele Forcella, Giorgio Ghapios, Niccolo Edoardo Sciortino and Cecilia Vincenzo)

14. 4. 2021

The (provisional) schedule of the Virtual Oral Rounds of the Pax Moot 2021 is now published. Please visit the Home page to see the schedule.

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Please note that last minute changes could still occur.

22. 3. 2021

The oral rounds of the competition will be conducted in a fully remote manner online, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Therefore, all of the teams who have submitted their written memoranda (24 teams in total) will be able to participate in the oral general rounds, where each Team will plead twice as Claimant, twice as Defendant. 

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The schedule of the competition and technical details about the oral rounds will follow in due course.

27. 11. 2020

We are pleased to announce the publication of the case for PAX MOOT 2021 – von Mehren Round. You may find it on the PAX Moot website, where you can access also the updated rules and the schedule. 

1. 11. 2020

The project partners are pleased to announce that the PAX project has started. We are looking forward to two exciting years of project activities.