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Vincent Smith
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Dr Vincent Smith teaches at ESCP Business School (London and Paris) where he is an assistant professor, having been on the faculty as since 2015. His teaching at ESCP focuses on commercial law and governance. He also consults as a solicitor on regulatory (competition), commercial and EU law, having practised in both London and in Brussels. Before joining ESCP Vincent was a partner in private practice specialising in competition and collective redress matters. He has carried this…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Sara Razai
Research Leader & International Projects Lead
Biography Dr Sara Razai is a Research Leader and International Projects Lead at BIICL, based at the Centre for Comparative Law. She specialises in human rights, justice reform, and empirical legal research, with a particular focus on the MENA region and the Global South. Sara holds a PhD in Law from University College London, where her research empirically examined judicial independence and courts across six Arab countries. She has led and contributed to international research and policy reports…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Yuko Nishitani
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Yuko Nishitani joined BIICL as a Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. Yuko is Professor of Private International Law at Kyoto University and Vice President of the Hague Academy of International Law. After her studies in Japan, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg. She did research in New York, Paris, Hamburg, Cologne, Milan, Florence, and The Hague. She has been a Visiting Professor in the U.S., Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan. She was also…
Centre for Comparative LawEva Lein
Senior Research Fellow in Private International Law and Director, Centre for Comparative Law
Biography Eva is Professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Comparative Law Center at BIICL. Her fields of expertise are private international law, international dispute resolution and comparative law with a special focus on contract law and, more recently, digitalisation. She has also been a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and at Queen Mary, Institute in Paris, a Visiting Professor at different institutions, including the University Paris I (Sorbonne),…
Arbitration+4Mark Findlay
Distinguished Fellow
Biography Mark Findlay is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Law School, University of Edinburgh. He also enjoys a Visiting Global Professorship, School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technology University of Munich, and is a Distinguished Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Currently he teaches at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and at TUM. For over a decade Mark was a Professor in the Law School, Singapore Management University, and…
Artificial Intelligence+1Duncan Fairgrieve
Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law & Director, Product Liability Forum
Biography Duncan Fairgrieve is Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law and Director of the Product Liability Forum at the Institute. He is also Professor of Comparative Law at Université de Paris Dauphine in France. Duncan Fairgrieve is a leading comparative lawyer, with research interests spanning both comparative private and public law, with specific focus on three specific areas, comparative administrative law (with a particular interest in state liability), comparative law of…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Helen Dodds
Honorary Senior Fellow
Helen is an international lawyer, consultant and board member. She is a (now non-practising) Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England Wales and holds a CEDR mediator accreditation. She was previously Global Head of Legal, Dispute Resolution at Standard Chartered Bank, and also a non-executive director of the London Court of International Arbitration. Currently she works as a consultant with a number of organisations including academic bodies, governments and lawtech start ups. She…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Andrew Dickinson
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Andrew Dickson joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2021. Andrew Dickinson is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of St Catherine's College. After studying law in Oxford (MA and BCL; St Edmund Hall), Andrew attended the College of Law in Chester before qualifying as a solicitor with Clifford Chance in London. From 2011-2013, he was Professor of Private International Law at the University of Sydney. Professor Dickinson's principal area of…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Adrian Briggs KC
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Adrian Briggs KC joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2021. He is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Oxford. His main interest has always been in private international law, and within that, in questions of civil jurisdiction and the effect of foreign judgments. He spent 15 years as one of the editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws, but his own perspective on the subject, in its increasingly European guise, was published…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Constance Bonze
Research Fellow in Private International Law
Constance Bonzé joined BIICL as a Researcher for the Centre for Comparative Law in 2017. An expert in legal and empirical research on Private International Law and Comparative Law, and more specifically on collective redress, she worked on studies for the European Commission: the State of Collective Redress in the EU (2017) and the Rome II Regulation (2021). She also co-authored research projects on Judicial Cooperation after Brexit (2019), on the New International Commercial Courts (2020),…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Summer School: Law and Technology
Event Date: 30th June 2025
TRAINING Summer School: Law and Technology Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This five day summer school offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse and fast-moving area of technologies applied in the field of law. Students from across the world will get an introduction to law and technology…
Artificial Intelligence+3Centres of Research
Last Updated: 23rd June 2025
Centres of Research How we organise our work The charitable purpose of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law is to develop and advance the disciplines and understanding of international and comparative law in the UK and around the world, and to promote the rule of law in national and international affairs. We divide our work into three centres of excellence Centres of research at BIICL include the Centre for International Law, the Centre…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)
27th March 2025
Study for the European Commission on Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding in the European Union On 13 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on responsible private funding of litigation which called the Commission to propose legislation that would regulate TPLF in the EU. The Commission, in its response to the resolution, committed to carry out a mapping study that would take stock of the situation in the EU. The British Institute of International and Comparative…
Centre for Comparative Law+245th Annual FA Mann Lecture
Event Date: 19th November 2024
EVENTS 45th Annual FA Mann Lecture Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Event Details The latest in a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr FA Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by the Partners of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, and given under the auspices of the British Institute…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups
Event Date: 26th October 2024
EVENTS Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by: Event Details COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, profoundly impacting every aspect of life. It led to significant economic disruptions,…
Arbitration+7Summer School: Law and Technology
Event Date: 1st July 2024
EVENTS Summer School: Law and Technology Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Course Outline The British Institute of International and Comparative Law in cooperation with UNIL Lausanne and other foreign academic institutions is offering a five-day summer school focusing on Law and Technology.…
Artificial Intelligence+3Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding in the European Union
Eva Lein | 1st March 2024
Study for the European Commission on Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) in the European Union On 13 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on responsible private funding of litigation which called the Commission to propose legislation that would regulate TPLF in the EU. The Commission, in its response to the resolution, committed to carry out a mapping study that would take stock of the situation in the EU. The British Institute of International…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Publication: Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approac
1st February 2024
Forthcoming: Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approaches (Edward Edgar Publishing) As part of the ongoing JSPS-UKRI funded project on the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on vulnerable individuals and groups, Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approaches will be published in 2024. Co-edited by Professors Eva Lein & Yuko Nishitani, the volume draws on a wide range of different sectors, and contributions…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Resources Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Autumn 24 - removed
Last Updated: 8th November 2023
Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution 14- 15 November 2024 Resources for participants Course Details Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial lawyer and knowledge in this area is essential. Specialised skills are required to manoeuvre through the complex substantive and procedural issues when multiple jurisdictions are involved. Led by BIICL and UNIL researchers, UK based academics and practitioners,…
Centre for Comparative LawCentre For Comparative Law Newsletter 2023
6th November 2023
The Centre for Comparative Law has published its autumn newsletter Topics Include Law and Change webinars focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on legal services Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic - European and Asian Approaches Events at the Centre for Comparative Law Training organised by the Centre Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawLaw and Change
Mark Findlay | 18th October 2023
BIICL Centre for Comparative Law is collaborating with Professor Mark Findlay (Honorary Senior Fellow, BIICL; former Director of SMU Centre for AI and Data Governance) on a series of webinars on 'Law and Change'. 'Law and Change' is a series designed to discuss how global crises are changing law and how law and legal services can assist in the orderly management of global change. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is touted as the remedy for many of the economic, social, political…
Artificial Intelligence+3Comparative study on the implementation of the industrial emissions directive
2nd February 2023
Comparative study on the implementation into the national legislation of certain EU Member States of an adapted burden of proof in the context of the Industrial Emissions Directive This research project examines how the proposal to adapt the burden of proof for compensation claims under the Industrial Emissions Directive could be implemented into the domestic law of EU Member States. Under the present framework, victims of violations of the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) are,…
Centre for Comparative Law+4The Elgar Companion to Regulating AI and Big Data in Emerging Economies (2023)
1st January 2023
The Elgar Companion to Regulating AI and Big Data in Emerging Economies is Co-edited by Professor Mark Findlay, Honorary Senior Fellow at BIICL. The Companion highlights the regulatory needs and priorities of emerging economies in the context of AI and big data, offering a unique perspective on the role of regulation in the Global South within a techno-dependent societal perspective. Amplifying overlooked voices in scholarly discussions, the book introduces a fresh approach for…
Artificial Intelligence+244th Annual FA Mann Lecture: Foreign Relations Law Revisited
Event Date: 30th November 2022
EVENTS 44th Annual FA Mann Lecture: Foreign Relations Law Revisited Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event is the forty-fourth of a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr F A Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by his former partners in Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and given…
Centre for Comparative LawIntensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (online participation)
Event Date: 10th November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (online participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Transnational Dispute Management Event Details Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial lawyer and knowledge in this…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (in person participation)
Event Date: 10th November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (in person participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Transnational Dispute Management Event Details…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Law and Change: Smart Cities and Sustainability
Event Date: 8th June 2022
EVENTS Law and Change: Smart Cities and Sustainability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management University on a series…
Artificial Intelligence+1Centre for Comparative Law Newsletter 2022
1st June 2022
The Centre for Comparative Law has published its Summer newsletter Topics Include Update to the Collective Redress Website New project Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic - European and Asian Approaches Events at the Centre for Comparative Law Training organised by the Centre New Personnel at the Centre for Comparative Law Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawReframing Jurisdiction: Revising the Grounds or a New Scheme?
Event Date: 11th May 2022
EVENTS Reframing Jurisdiction: Revising the Grounds or a New Scheme? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Jurisdiction rules play a pivotal role in cross-border litigation. Uncertainties in their application, with resulting increased costs, time, money and use of judicial resources may be harmful…
Brexit+2Breathing Space- Concept Notes on the effect of the pandemic on commercial contracts
Eva Lein | 28th April 2022
The Breathing Space Concept note arose out of a meeting on 7 April 2020 hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, attended by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Sir David Edward, Sir William Blair, Professor Spyros Maniatis, Professor Malik Dahlan and Keith Ruddock. It was felt that in the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a universal challenge, a debate should happen as a matter of priority on the necessary…
Centre for Comparative Law+4BIICL and CEDR launch new podcast series
31st March 2022
BIICL is proud to partner with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) on a new podcast series on smarter approaches to dispute resolution. This series brings together BIICL's 'Breathing Space Series' which aims to help safeguard commercial activity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and CEDR's vision of 'Better conflicts, better outcomes leading to a better world'. While looking at issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series will also look at evolving attitudes…
Centre for Comparative Law+3COVID-19 and the law: protection and recovery for vulnerable groups
Eva Lein | 1st February 2022
COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, fundamentally impacting every aspect of life. It caused massive economic disruption and affected supply chains, the ability to undertake and implement work, government-function and access to justice. In particular, vulnerable individuals and groups such as small businesses, women and children, supply chain workers, migrants and refugees were affected. In response, this study aims to concentrate on safeguarding these…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Professor Duncan Fairgrieve appointed honorary QC
22nd December 2021
It has been announced today that Professor Duncan Fairgrieve has been appointed Honorary Queen's Counsel by HM Queen for his academic work, including both his work on comparative law and also during the pandemic in respect of emergency medicines and Covid-19 vaccines. BIICL congratulates Professor Fairgrieve on this well deserved honour. Read the government announcement.
Centre for Comparative Law+1Centre for Comparative Law Highlights 2021
1st December 2021
The Centre for Comparative Law publishes an overview of events in 2021 Topics include Publication of the European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation Taking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia COVID-19 Response Collective Redress The F.A. Mann Project Cooperation with Singapore Management University UK Swiss Relations Events and training at the Centre Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawFA Mann Project Workshop
Event Date: 19th November 2021
EVENTS FA Mann Project Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL is working with the Humboldt University Berlin in a project on the renown lawyer Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann (1907-1991). The project uses the extensive corpus of his documents, bequeathed to the Humboldt University,…
Centre for Comparative LawStudy on the Rome II Regulation Published
6th October 2021
Publication of the European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation We are pleased to announce that the Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations has now been published by the European Commission. BIICL (in consortium with Civic Consulting ) was selected by the European Commission (DG Justice and Consumers) to conduct the Study supporting the preparation of a report on the application of the Rome II Regulation on the law applicable…
Artificial Intelligence+2Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations
4th October 2021
Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations In reply to the EU Commission's Request for service number JUST/2019/JCOO/FW/CIVI/0167, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in consortium with Civic Consulting carried out a Study to support the preparation of a report on the application of Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations ("Rome II Regulation"), hereafter,…
Artificial Intelligence+2Taking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia
Event Date: 17th September 2021
EVENTS Taking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In recent years, International Commercial Courts have been established across Europe and in Asia. Now that these courts have been dealing with international cases for a while, it is…
Arbitration+3COVID-19 - Test for the World’s Legal Systems
30th June 2021
Study by The International and Comparative Law Research Center The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only become a global health and economic challenge but has also raised the questions of the sufficiency of emergency regulations at the international and national levels and the selection of the most effective response measures. The results of this research can be used to improve existing regulation, introduce the best approaches and practices for the prevention and response to emergencies,…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Class, Intersectionality, the Right to Housing and the Avoidable Tragedy of Grenfell
5th May 2021
The avoidable tragedy of Grenfell Tower starkly raises the issues of class and intersectionality, an area which has, until now, received insufficient analysis. This chapter excavates, inter alia, three issues surrounding class, intersectionality and the Grenfell Tower tragedy: the nature of class as a concept; its implications in constituting a ground of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010; and its relationship with intersectionality. The reasons behind the insufficient attention…
Centre for Comparative Law+5BIICL expands Breathing Space initiative by publishing guidelines in seven languages
4th May 2021
BIICL is proud to announce the expansion of the Breathing Space initiative as Concept Note 3 the BIICL Guidelines are translated into seven additional languages Concept Note 3 is a set of guidelines published in September 2020 by a group of leading commercial lawyers which set out practical ways in which corporates might be encouraged to adopt a more conciliatory approach to COVID-19 related contractual disputes without prejudicing or altering parties' legal rights. Helen Dodds, former Global…
Centre for Comparative Law+3Teaching International Law Webinar Series
Event Date: 23rd April 2021
EVENTS Teaching International Law Webinar Series Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The practice of teaching international law is conducted in a wide range of contexts across the world by a host of different actors - including scholars, practitioners, civil society…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Law and Change in a Pandemic World
Event Date: 21st April 2021
EVENTS Law and Change in a Pandemic World Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in Cooperation with Event Details This event marks the start of a series on "Law and Change" initiated by BIICL in cooperation with Singapore Management University (SMU). The first seminar looks mainly at how the pandemic…
Centre for Comparative Law+3New Honorary Senior Fellows Appointed
19th February 2021
The Centre for Comparative Law is delighted to have appointed two new Honorary Senior Fellows Professor Andrew Dickinson and Professor Adrian Briggs , both from the University of Oxford will support the work of the centre. The director of the Centre for Comparative Law offered a warm welcome to both.
Centre for Comparative LawConcept Note 3 on the Effect of the 2020 Pandemic on Commercial Contracts
28th September 2020
Concept Note 3 is a continuation of BIICL's "Breathing Space" series, which considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery. The Concept Note 3 proposes a set of practical guidelines which might be adopted to encourage a more conciliatory approach to contractual disputes that may arise, and which seek to avoid and/or minimise protracted legal disputes, without prejudicing or altering parties' legal rights. The…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Concept Note 2 on the effect of the 2020 pandemic on commercial contracts - September 2020 Update
28th September 2020
Following the introduction of the initial concept note BIICL has released and updated version of Concept Note 2. Concept Note 2 shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions to make viable contracts blighted by the pandemic work; To bring…
Centre for Comparative Law+2“Breathing Space” Concept Note 3 On guidelines for the resolution of disputes following the 2020 pandemic
28th September 2020
This Concept Note is a continuation of BIICL's "Breathing Space" series, which considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery. Concept Note 2 looked more closely at the private law response to the pandemic, specifically in the context of contractual disputes, and how existing legal principles may be applied in the context of COVID-19 related disputes, as well as how existing dispute resolution mechanisms…
Centre for Comparative Law+2BIICL Releases Updated Concept Note
27th September 2020
Extending the Breathing space concept BIICL has released an updated version of Concept Note 2 Concept Note 2 shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions to make viable contracts blighted by the pandemic work; To bring contracts made unviable…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Collaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19
Event Date: 26th June 2020
EVENTS Collaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar 260620 Collaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19 recording Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has recently published two Concept Notes on…
Centre for Comparative Law+2BIICL Publishes Concept Note 2
28th May 2020
"Breathing space" Concept Note 2 on the effect of the 2020 pandemic on commercial contracts Following its recent call for Breathing Space, BIICL has released Concept Note 2 which shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions…
Centre for Comparative Law+1COM study on the Rome II Regulation
Eva Lein | 26th May 2020
European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation The Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations, conducted by Prof. Eva Lein, Dr. Sara Migliorini and Constance Bonzé, was published in October 2021 Read the Study Share LinksProject - Tags The Study conducts a legal analysis and assessment of the practical experiences and problems of interpretation in the application of the Rome II Regulation for…
Artificial Intelligence+2UK accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention
28th April 2020
On 8 April 2020, the United Kingdom deposited a request for re-accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention as an individual member. According to Art. 72 of the Convention, the UK accession requires the unanimous consent of all contracting parties. While Switzerland, Norway and Iceland have already announced their support, the European Union and Denmark (which is an individual member due to its special status in EU civil justice cooperation) still have to give their explicit consent. The accession…
Brexit+3BIICL Publishes Concept Note 1
27th April 2020
Breathing space - a Concept Note on the effect of the pandemic on commercial contracts BIICL has today published a Concept Note on the effects of the pandemic on commercial contracts and legal consideration in mitigating mass defaults. Read the press release Read more about the Breathing Space Project
Centre for Comparative Law+1The Correspondence of Frederick Alexander Mann (1907–1991)
1st March 2020
F.A. Mann (1907-1991), a German born and educated lawyer, fled racial persecution in 1933, took home in London and became one of the best known solicitors and legal scholars of his generation. The present stock-taking of his voluminous surviving correspondence shows Mann as a prolific networker and provides fascinating insights behind the scenes on how judges and legislators make law, and how legal practitioners and academics shape this development. Mann's testimony as contemporary…
Arbitration+5Herbert Smith Freehills Project Series
Eva Lein | 12th July 2019
New Specialist Commercial Courts - Changing Dispute Resolution post Brexit? (2019/2020) Overview With support of Herbert Smith Freehills, the Center of Comparative Law is working on the project "New Specialist Commercial Courts - Changing Dispute Resolution post Brexit?" The project looks at the newly established Commercial Courts (CCs) in Europe and their possible impact on the European market for litigation. Legislative initiatives to create Commercial Courts have been put forward in…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Justice for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
This project is led by Prof Petra Butler, Victoria University of Wellington in cooperation with various institutions, including BIICL (Prof Eva Lein). Recent research indicates that the current default system of international dispute resolution, by litigation in national courts, is not satisfactory for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises ("MSMEs"). MSMEs generally respond to this dissatisfaction with either artificially restrict their cross-border trade or expose themselves to unacceptable…
Centre for Comparative Law+1BIICL acts as the UK Hub of the European Law Institute
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
ELI UK Hub BIICL acts as the UK Hub of the European Law Institute. The UK Hub will be officially launched in autumn 2020. It aims at encouraging UK based ELI Members to participate in various ELI projects and to organise events in cooperation with the European Law Institute. The European Law Institute Founded in June 2011 as an entirely independent organisation, the European Law Institute (ELI) aims to improve the quality of European law, understood in the broadest sense. It seeks to…
Centre for Comparative Law+1F.A. Mann (1907-1991) and his Contribution to English, German, European, and International Law
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
BIICL cooperates with the Humboldt University Berlin in a project on the renown lawyer Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann (1907-1991). This three-year, interdisciplinary project explores, documents, and critically assesses the considerable impact of Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann on the development of English, German, European, and International Law in the 20th century. The project will use the extensive corpus of his documents, bequeathed to the Humboldt University, to…
Centre for Comparative LawStudy on Collective Redress for the European Commission
Eva Lein | 1st November 2017
BIICL conducted a study for the European Commission, in a research consortium with Civic Consulting and Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA), and supported by the Office for Economic Policy and Regional Development (EPRD). The more than 1000 pages study analyses the state of collective redress in the EU in context of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation (2013/396/EU) on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States. The…
Centre for Comparative Law+1