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The Regulation unifies the application of succession law around the law of the member state of the deceased’s last habitual residence and applies its succession laws to the deceased’s worldwide [...]

There have been many attempts to harmonise succession laws within the EU. It is clearly a barrier to the free movement of goods/persons if probate, or the local equivalent, has to be obtained in [...]

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Curiously for the English lawyer a child can hold legal title to real property in France. A fact largely irrelevant for the English lawyer - until that is an English minor domiciled and resident [...]

Until now, different states have had completely different private international law rules (“PIL”) for succession. The Succession Regulation (“SR”) has attempted to harmonise PIL for succession [...]