JPIL-SMU Virtual Conference on Conflicts of Jurisdiction on 23 to 24 June 2022 and postponement of the biennial JPIL Conference until 2023
The Journal of Private International Law and the Singapore Management University will hold a virtual conference on 23 to 24 June 2022. The theme of the conference is Conflicts of Jurisdiction. The conference is designed to assist with the ongoing work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on Jurisdiction. The speakers are leading private international law scholars and experts, many of whom are directly involved in the ongoing negotiations at the HCCH. Registration to attend the conference will open nearer the time.
The biennial Journal of Private International Law Conference has been delayed until 2023 in order to enable it to take place in person at the Singapore Management University. This conference will be based on a call for papers. We will announce further details in due course.
Conference on Conflicts of Jurisdiction
23-24 June 2022
Organised by the Journal of Private International Law and the Singapore Management University
(SGT=Singapore Time; BST=British Summer Time)
Day 1
Session 1 Thursday 23 June 2022 – The Common Law Approaches to Conflicts of Jurisdiction
Chair: Professor Jonathan Harris (QC) (King’s College London)
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 18.00-18.05 SGT
11.00-11.05 BST |
Professor Jonathan Harris (QC) (King’s College London) | Welcome by Chair |
| 18.05-18.10 SGT
11.05-11.10 BST |
Dean of Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University | Opening comments |
| 18.10-18.35 SGT
11.10-11.35 BST |
Professor Campbell McLachlan QC (Victoria University, New Zealand) | Overview of some key issues in relation to conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 18.35-19.00 SGT
11.35-12.00 BST |
Dr Ardavan Arzandeh (National University of Singapore) | The Scottish, English and Singapore approach of forum non conveniens in conflicts of jurisdiction cases |
| 19.00-19.25 SGT
12.00-12.25 BST |
Professor Ronald Brand (University of Pittsburgh) | The US approach to forum non conveniens in conflicts of jurisdiction cases |
| 19.25-19.50 SGT
12.25-12.50 BST |
Professor Mary Keyes (Griffith University) | The Australian approach to forum non conveniens in conflicts of jurisdiction cases |
| 19.50-20.05 SGT
12.50-13.05 BST |
Q&A | |
| 20.05-20.20 SGT
13.05-13.20 BST |
Break |
Session 2 Thursday 23 June 2022 – Civilian Approaches to Conflicts of Jurisdiction
Chair: Professor Kei Takeshita (Hitotsubashi University and Chair of the HCCH Working Group on Jurisdiction)
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 20.20-20.25 SGT
13.20-13.25 BST |
Professor Kei Takeshita (Hitotsubashi University and Chair of the HCCH Working Group on Jurisdiction) | Welcome by Chair |
| 20.25-20.50 SGT
13.25-13.50 BST |
Professor Tanja Domej (University of Zurich) | The EU and Lugano Convention approaches to conflicts of jurisdiction for internal cases (ie within the EU or between Contracting States to the Lugano Convention) |
| 20.50-21.15 SGT
13.50-14.15 BST |
Professor Geert Van Calster (KU Leuven) | The EU approach to conflicts of jurisdiction with non-EU and Lugano States (Articles 33 and 34 of Brussels Ia Regulation)
|
| 21.15-21.40 SGT
14.15-14.40 BST |
Professors Nadia De Araujo and Marcelo De Nardi (Brazil) | Latin American approaches to conflicts of jurisdiction in international cases
|
| 21.40-22.05 SGT
14.40-15.05 BST |
Professor Zheng (Sophia) Tang (University of Wuhan and Newcastle University) | Chinese and some other civilian approaches in Asia to conflicts of jurisdiction
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| 22.05-22.20 SGT
15.05-15.20 BST |
Q&A |
Day 2
Session 3 Friday 24 June 2022 – Work at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on Conflicts of Jurisdiction
Chair: Professor Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling)
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 18.00-18.05 SGT
11.00-11.05 BST |
Professor Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling) | Welcome by Chair |
| 18.05-18.30 SGT
11.05-11.30 BST |
Professor Fausto Pocar (University of Milan) | The work on the Judgments Project in the Hague in the 1990s culminating in the interim text of 2001 |
| 18.30-18.55 SGT
11.30-11.55 BST |
Professor David McClean (University of Sheffield) | Lessons from family law notably the provisions on conflicts of jurisdiction including transfers of jurisdiction in the Child Protection Convention 1996 |
| 18.55-19.20 SGT
11.55-12.20 BST |
Dr João Ribeiro-Bidaoui (First Secretary, HCCH) | The revived Jurisdiction Project in the Hague – from Experts’ Group to Working Group – possible solutions on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 19.20-19.45 SGT
12.20-12.45 BST |
Professor Matthias Lehmann (University of Vienna) | Challenges and opportunities for a new binding global instrument on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 19.45-20.00 SGT
12.45-13.00 BST |
Q&A | |
| 20.00-20.15 SGT
13.00-13.15 BST |
Break |
Session 4 Friday 24 June 2022 – Work at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on Conflicts of Jurisdiction (continued)
Chair: Dr Adeline Chong (Singapore Management University)
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 20.15-20.20 SGT
13.15-13.20 BST |
Dr Adeline Chong (Singapore Management University) | Welcome by Chair |
| 20.20-20.45 SGT
13.20-13.45 BST |
Professor Trevor Hartley (London School of Economics) | Balancing forum non conveniens and lis pendens (same parties and same subject matter) in a new global instrument on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 20.45-21.10 SGT
13.45-14.10 BST |
Professor Yeo Tiong Min (Singapore Management University) | Dealing with related actions in a new global instrument on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 21.10-21.35 SGT
14.10-14.35 BST |
Professor Franco Ferrari (NYU) | Conflicts between courts and arbitration in international cases and how to resolve them in a new global instrument on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 21.35-22.00 SGT
14.35-15.00 BST |
Justice Anselmo Reyes (Singapore International Commercial Court and Doshisha University) | International commercial courts’ approaches to conflicts of jurisdiction and how they fit with a new global instrument on conflicts of jurisdiction |
| 22.00-22.15 SGT
15.00-15.15 BST |
Q&A | |
| 22.15-22.20 SGT
15.15-15.20 BST |
Professor Jonathan Harris, Professor Paul Beaumont, Dr Adeline Chong | Closing remarks |