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Case of the Day: Avotiņš v. Latvia

May 30, 2016Recognition and EnforcementBrussels I, Cyprus, LatviaTed Folkman

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The case of the day is Avotiņš v. Latvia (ECHR 2016). Pēteris Avotiņš, an investment consultant residing in Latvia, had borrowed $100,000 from F.H. Ltd., a Cyprus company. FH sued in the Limassol (Cyprus) District Court, alleging that Avotiņš had failed to pay. The Cyprus court granted leave to serve the summons on Avotiņš outside of Cyprus after FH provided an affidavit giving the address of Avotiņš’s supposed habitual residence in Riga. Avotiņš later asserted that the address was neither his business address nor his home address, but rather merely the address of the place where he had signed the deed evidencing the debt.
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Case of the Day: In re Pinchuk

April 11, 2014Judicial Assistance Statute1782, arbitration, Cyprus, multidistrict litigationTed Folkman

The case of the day is In re Pinchuk (S.D. Fla. 2014). The proceeding was an application under § 1782, and the question was whether the application should be consolidated with an earlier application pending in the same court.
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Pinchuk

March 3, 2014Judicial Assistance Statute1782, arbitration, CyprusTed Folkman

The case of the day is In re Application of Pinchuk (D. Wyo. 2014). We saw a related application back in October 2013. As in the earlier case, Pinchuk sought evidence for use in an LCIA arbitration; additionally, he sought the evidence for use in an action pending in the courts of Cyprus.
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