Droit européen. “The controversy as to the appropriate way to deal with international parallel proceedings is not, however, simply a matter of different perspective across the Common Law/Civil Law divide as to the appropriate response.”1 Professor McLachlan rightly highlights the sensitiveness on the way to deal with parallel litigations at the international level.
Parallel proceedings, such as forum shopping malus, manipulation or fraud of law can be harmful for the sound administration of justice. The complexity of that phenomenon lies in the fact a Manichean approach may be inefficient. A combined approach of existing legal systems may be the key. Such questions firstly require the analysis of the use of anti-suit injunction in Europe (I) and subsequently the vain attempt to institute flexibility in the European regime through the lis pendens rules in lieu of forum non conveniens (II). Playmendroit, le site des étudiants en droit. Juristudiant - 1ère communauté d'étudiants en droit.