Entries by Andrew Dickinson

Fellowship in Collective Redress

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is seeking a part-time Research Fellow to work on a new project in the area of European collective redress. The Institute is creating a web-based information resource, containing comprehensive and up-to-date information on legislation and case law in this area, and needs a researcher to develop and administer this project. The website, linked […]

Pocket a Rome II Commentary

A new commentary on the Rome II Regulation has been (or will shortly be) published by Sellier European Law Publishers. The “Rome II Regulation: Pocket Commentary” is the first in a series of books designed to appeal to brain, hand luggage and wallet alike. It has been co-authored by a team of German scholars – Dr Martin Illmer […]

Financial Regulation in the Global Market

On Friday 10 June 2011, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will hold its annual conference (full-day), entitled “Financial Regulation in the Global Market – Moving Beyond the State”. Among the eight panels addressing different aspects of this topic is one focussing on private international law issues.  In a session entitled, “Financial Regulation Hitting the Reality of […]

A New Assignment for the Rome I Regulation – Update

UPDATE: THE FINAL SUBMISSION DATE FOR THE QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE. ALL THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS ASPECT OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ROME I REGULATION ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO ANY PART OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH APPLIES TO THEM. ALTHOUGH THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS DRAFTED WITH BUSINESSES AND LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN MIND, OTHERS […]

A New Assignment for the Rome I Regulation

When the Rome I Regulation was finalised in 2008, certain questions concerning the effect of assignments upon third parties (e.g. judgment creditors, security holders, prior assignees of the same right) were left open. In this connection, the Commission undertook to prepare and submit a report on the question of the effectiveness of an assignment or […]