Jurisdiction Agreements on Trial: Current Problems – Future Solutions

Wednesday 9 December 2009 17:30 to 19:30

Location

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
 

Participants

Chair:

Filip De Ly, Professor of International Business Law, Rotterdam; Member of the LCIA Court; Chairman of the International Commercial Arbitration Committee of the International Law Association

Speakers:

Barbara Dohmann QC, Blackstone Chambers

Jonathan Harris, Professor, University of Birmingham; Serle Court

Trevor Hartley, Professor emeritus, LSE, London; Member of the UK Delegation at the Hague Conference on Private International Law and Joint Reporter for the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

What is this event about?


The seminar will be dedicated to present problems and new perspectives on choice of court agreements. Cases such as UBS v. Nordbank, Deutsche Bank v. Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless and Highland Crusader v. Deutsche Bank have shown that many issues remain to be discussed, be it on the effect of non-exclusive jurisdiction agreements, potentially conflicting jurisdiction agreements or consent under Art. 23 of the Brussels I Regulation. The currently debated review of the Brussels I Regulation can bring some clarification in this regard. A presentation of the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court agreements will shed light on the delicate interplay of European and international Private International Law Instruments relating to forum selection. One of the main questions will be, when and under which conditions priority of the selected forum can be assured. A closer look at methods for drafting jurisdiction agreements will help practitioners to avoid uncertainties.

2 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

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