Legacy by Vindication Under the EU Succession Regulation No. 650/2012 Following the Kubicka Judgment of the ECJ

European Review of Private Law 4-2019

20 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2019

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Piotr Tereszkiewicz

Jagiellonian University in Krakow - Faculty of Law and Administration; KU Leuven - Faculty of Law

Anna Wysocka-Bar

Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Date Written: December 10, 2018

Abstract

This article explores the question of the ‘recognition’ of the material effects of legacies by vindication (legatum per vindicationem), if such legacies concern the right of ownership of immovable property located in an EU Member State the law of which does not provide for such legacies to have a direct material effect, such as Germany. The authors analyse this question in the light of the first judgement issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the European Union Regulation No. 650/2012 on Succession and Wills, the Kubicka case (C-218/16). The article’s first part provides a brief account of legacies by damnation and legacies by vindication as they are found in the substantive succession laws of EU Member States. Subsequently, key notions arising under the EU Succession Regulation No. 650/2012 with respect to the recognition of legacies by vindication, such the general principle of unity, the registry exemption, the rights in rem exception as well as the adaption of rights in rem, are discussed. The article’s final part maps out the implication of the Kubicka judgment for the theory and practice of European Succession Law.

Keywords: European Succession Law, European Succession Regulation, Legacy by vindication, Adaptation in private international law

JEL Classification: K

Suggested Citation

Tereszkiewicz, Piotr and Wysocka-Bar, Anna, Legacy by Vindication Under the EU Succession Regulation No. 650/2012 Following the Kubicka Judgment of the ECJ (December 10, 2018). European Review of Private Law 4-2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3462698 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3462698

Piotr Tereszkiewicz (Contact Author)

Jagiellonian University in Krakow - Faculty of Law and Administration ( email )

Olszewskiego 2
Krakow, 31-007
Poland

KU Leuven - Faculty of Law ( email )

Tiensestraat 41
Leuven, B-3000
Belgium

Anna Wysocka-Bar

Jagiellonian University in Krakow ( email )

Collegium Novum
ul. Gołębia 24
Kraków, 31-007
Poland

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