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The Hague Judgments Project & The EU: public hearing (24 April 2018)
The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs will hold a public hearing on «The Hague Judgments Convention» in Brussels, on 24 April 2018, from 15.00-16.30. The hearing is aimed at bringing together Members of the European Parliament, Commission representatives, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference and stakeholders with a view to discussing the ongoing negotiations on a world-wide Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
Since the recognition and enforcement of judgments is a matter of EU exclusive competence, the Commission represents all Member States (except Denmark) on the basis of the negotiating directives adopted by the Council in 2016. A third Special Commission was held in November 2017, which focused on intellectual property matters and general and final clauses, whereas the fourth and final Special Commission Meeting will take place in May 2018. This hearing will therefore provide the opportunity to get up to speed with the results of the three meetings of the Special Commission as well as with the next steps and future stages of the project.
Announcement: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/events-hearings.html?id=20180403CHE03681
Draft Programme: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/141460/juri-committee-hearing-hague-judgments-project.pdf
April 2018 JURI Study: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/604954/IPOL_STU(2018)604954_EN.pdf
Université de Lausanne/BIICL Conference on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’
On 17 May, the Centre de droit comparé, européen et international of the University of Lausanne will host a joint conference with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’. The flyer can be found here. The conference, organised by Professor Eva Lein, intends to provide a forum to discuss the legal uncertainties arising from Brexit with regard to cross-border commercial relations between British, EU, Norwegian and Swiss companies companies.
It will feature the following panels:
Welcome: Eva Lein (UNIL / BIICL)
Panel 1: Trade and Services
Chair: Spyros Maniatis (BIICL / Queen Mary University of London)
- Andreas Ziegler (UNIL)
- Thomas Sebastian (Monckton Chambers)
- Kaja Sandvig (DLA Piper, Oslo)
- Federico Ortino (King’s College London / Clifford Chance)
Panel 2: Company Law and Insolvencies
Chair: Adam Johnson QC (Herbert Smith Freehills)
- Stefania Bariatti (University of Milan)
- Rodrigo Rodriguez (University of Lucerne)
- John Whiteoak (Herbert Smith Freehills, London)
- Kern Alexander (University of Zurich)
Panel 3: Dispute Resolution
Chair: Andrea Bonomi (UNIL)
- Diana Wallis (former vice-President of the European Parliament / ELI)
- Trevor Hartley (London School of Economics)
- Benoît Arthur Mauron (Lalive)
- Peter Arnt Nielsen (Copenhagen Business School)
- Eva Lein (UNIL / BIICL)
University of Glasgow Ph.D. Scholarship – ‘The Europeanisation of International Private Law: Implications of Brexit for Children and Families in Scotland’
University of Glasgow has announced a PhD scholarship opportunity for the project entitled “The Europeanisation of International Private Law: Implications of Brexit for Children and Families in Scotland” supervised by Professor Janeen Carruthers. The project shall commence in Oct 2018 and will provide (1) a stipend at the RCUK rate (2018-19 rate is £14,777 Full-Time); (2) 100 % tuition fee waiver; (3) access to the Research Training Support Grant. UK/EU and International applicants are eligible to apply.
For more information, please visit the university website, or follow this link: The Europeanisation of International Private Law – Implications of Brexi….