Herbert Smith Seminar Series on Private International Law
Jacob van de Velden, Director
Justine Stefanelli, Research Fellow
Andrew Dickinson, Visiting Fellow
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 - 5:30 to 7:30pm
Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: West Tankers - Where are we? Where do we go from here?
The Herbert Smith Seminar Series on Private International Law
'...the British Institute constitutes a regular and high-level forum where practitioners and academics can meet and discuss the pressing issues and developments in the field of private international law in the UK and abroad.' (Former Institute Director, Professor Gillian Triggs)
This seminar series places the Institute's activities in the field of private international law in a central position within its international law programme. The series has been kindly sponsored by Herbert Smith since 2006. The 2007-2008 series continues with evening seminars presented by leading academics and practitioners, who explore developments of topical importance for current legal practice and study in the field of private international law.
The series was launched on 11 July 2007 with a highly successfull seminar on the West Tankers Inc v RAS & Others [2007] UKHL 4, concerning the Brussels I Regulation and its application in relation to antisuit injunctions and arbitration. In November 2007, the recognition of the Bear Stearns insolvency proceedings in the US was addressed. On 17 April this year, the cross-border insolvency regimes for financial groups will be discussed. Moreover, following recent developments in case law and legislation, the Institute organises short-notice seminars following developments, for example up-dates on the West Tankers ECJ reference.
More generally, the series is dedicated to an important (re)evaluation of the British landscape in the field of private international law which is subject to increasing processes of cultivation at the European Community level, and important developments at the international level, for example with the establishment of several important Conventions at the Hague Conference for Private International Law.
Below you will find references to past and future seminars in the series. This page is also used to publish the transcripts which are prepared shortly after each seminar for the benefit of the Institute's members. You can also subscribe to the Institute's online discussion list.
I look forward to meeting you at one of the forthcoming events.
Jacob van de Velden
British Instiute of International and Comparative Law
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2007-2008 Seminar Series
2008 Seminars
23 June 2008
Group Actions, including Class Actions: Cross-border Aspects
Chair: Alex Layton QC (Chairman of the Board of Trustees, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and 20 Essex Street)
18 June 2008
The Rome I Regulation: the UK Set to Opt-in
Chair: The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden
16 June 2008
Matrimonial Property Regimes in the Conflict of Laws: A European Regime?
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe
17 April 2008
Financial Groups: A Fragmented EU Insolvency Regime
Chair: The Rt Hon Mr Justice David Richards
2007 Seminars
26 November
Bear Stearns: Recognition of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings in the US
Chair: The Hon Mr Justice Lightman
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
11 July
West Tankers: Anti-Suit Injunctions to Protect Arbitration Agreements
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Lawrence Collins
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
2006-2007 Seminar Series
2007 Seminars
17 May (Glasgow)
Rome I and Rome II - What Europe has in mind
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk
7 March
Cross-border Debt Collection: Attachment of Bank Accounts
Expert and Stakeholder Meeting
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
22 January - II
The Future of International Patent Litigation in Europe
Chair: The Hon Mr Justice Kitchin
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
22 January - I
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jacob
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
15 January
Non-justiciability: Reappraisal of Buttes Gas in the Light of Recent Decisions
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Bingham
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
2006 Seminars
18 December
Civil Remedies for Torture in the UK Courts: Jones v Saudi Arabia
Chair: Professor Gillian Triggs
Transcript of the seminar (forthcoming)
21 November
Chair: The Hon Mr Justice Lawrence Collins
24 October
The Future of Private International Law in England and Wales
Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Mance
26 June
The Cross-Border Use of Public Documents in the EU
Chair: David Anderson QC, Brick Court Chambers
26 April
European Commission's Rome I Proposal
Chair: The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden
2 CPD hours may be hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at the events in this seminar series.
If you have any questions on the private international law series, please do not hesitate to contact Jacob van de Velden at j.vandevelden@biicl.org.
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