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Nicole A. Pierce
Associate Researcher
Biography Dr Nicole A. Pierce (BA, JD, MBA, LLM, PhD) is an International Trade Law and Private International Law academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, Department of Law, in London, UK. Before joining Goldsmiths, she was a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, a Teaching Fellow for the MSc program in IP Law and a dissertation Supervisor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London. She also was an Associate Lecturer on the LLB program in Business…
International Litigation+1Eva 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+4Yarik Kryvoi
Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum
Professor Yarik Kryvoi is the Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum. He is also an Of Counsel at Keidan Harrison in London and co-director of Arbitration Lab . Prof Kryvoi's expertise is primarily in the areas of international dispute resolution, including investor-state arbitration and international commercial arbitration, international administrative law and international public law. In addition to his role at the BIICL, he is…
Arbitration+5Andrew 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+2Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom
Event Date: 9th July 2025
EVENTS Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details Drawing from their extensive experience and specialised knowledge, the panellists will engage in a discussion about recent cases that delve into matters of international law, including…
Courts and Tribunals+4Collective Trends in International Litigation: Implications for Human Rights Protection and for Small States
Event Date: 24th June 2025
EVENTS Collective Trends in International Litigation: Implications for Human Rights Protection and for Small States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details In the last few years, a trend has emerged in international litigation with States joining forces before international courts,…
Courts and Tribunals+2"The Role of Courts in Upholding Rule of Law in Adjudicating Commercial Disputes" A Lecture Given by Justice Bhushan Gavai, Chief Justice of India
Event Date: 4th June 2025
EVENT "The Role of Courts in Upholding Rule of Law in Adjudicating Commercial Disputes" A Lecture Given by Justice Bhushan Gavai, Chief Justice of India Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), in collaboration with 39 Essex…
Arbitration+3Third-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+2Lady Chief Justice delivers the BIICL Lecture
29th January 2025
Lady Carr the Chief Justice speaks on "Mediation after the Singapore Convention" Last night we welcomed to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Lady Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, to deliver a lecture on the topic of Mediation after the Singapore Convention. This is a topical lecture given that the United Kingdom became a signatory in 2023 but has not yet ratified the Convention. Lady Carr highlights that mediation "is likely to play an important role in promoting the…
International Litigation"Mediation after the Singapore Convention" A lecture given by The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Event Date: 28th January 2025
EVENTS "Mediation after the Singapore Convention" A lecture given by The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Mediation after the Singapore Convention Event Details The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill,…
Arbitration+3Advanced Training Workshop: Universal Jurisdiction
Event Date: 27th November 2024
EVENTS Advanced Training Workshop: Universal Jurisdiction Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Workshop Details Although the work of international courts and tribunals is what typically springs to mind at the mention of international criminal law, prosecutions based on the principle of universal…
International Law+2Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond
Event Date: 21st November 2024
EVENTS Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organiser Conference Details According to Art. 776 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) concluded between the UK and the EU, the implementation of the Agreement is to be reviewed every five years,…
Artificial Intelligence+8Lessons from the United Nations War Crimes Commission for Contemporary Immunities Law
Event Date: 16th October 2024
EVENTS Lessons from the United Nations War Crimes Commission for Contemporary Immunities Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details In the 1940s, the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) - comprised of leading experts of the day and first chaired by Sir Cecil Hurst (former President…
Courts and Tribunals+3Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes - Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits
Event Date: 15th October 2024
EVENTS ITF Event: Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes - Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details In recent months, several investment treaty claims have been notified, and a few have already been initiated, based on measures taken in…
Arbitration+3Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 10th October 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative…
Business and Human Rights+5Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance?
Event Date: 26th September 2024
EVENTS Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) invites you to an international litigation evening seminar organised by its Product…
Collective Redress+2A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress
Event Date: 10th September 2024
EVENTS A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Competition Law Forum at BIICL invites you to join us on September 10th, 2024 for a Roundtable on the future of private litigation…
Collective Redress+3CARICOM Project Team present to OECS Annual meeting
20th May 2024
Experts present a draft harmonised insolvency law to the annual meeting of the Attorneys-General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Experts involved in the CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws were present in Antigua on 26 April 2024 to present a draft harmonised insolvency law to the annual meeting of the Attorneys-General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), hosted by…
International Law+1Shaping the Future of Law and Policy with the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation
15th April 2024
There remains an enormous gap between the action needed to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the mitigation and adaptation measures that are actually being implemented by States. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings are unequivocal: anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change and continue to increase, intensifying extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves, and harmful consequences including the melting of certain…
Climate Change+1Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics: National Reports
27th March 2024
More than 2000 climate change litigation cases have been filed globally. Whilst the majority of these cases have been filed against States, climate change-related cases have also been filed against private actors, mostly fossil fuel and cement companies, major greenhouse gas emitters. Whilst there is a growing body of work analysing climate litigation from a comparative perspective, analysis of the peculiarities of cases involving corporate players has yet to receive the same rigorous…
Business and Human Rights+3Public Launch of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation
Event Date: 27th March 2024
EVENTS Public Launch of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The purpose of BIICL's Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation (the "Toolbox") is to make corporate climate litigation speedier, more efficient, more…
Business and Human Rights+4Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution
Last Updated: 4th March 2024
Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution Share LinksCourse Outline 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, the course includes tutors from academia and practicing lawyers who offer a wide range of experience…
International LitigationMapping 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+2Annual Grotius Lecture 2023: Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals
Event Date: 6th November 2023
EVENTS Annual Grotius Lecture 2023: Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Speaker: Judge Joanna Korner CMG KC, International Criminal Court Chair: Professor Philippa Webb, King's College London We are delighted to announce that Judge…
Courts and Tribunals+3Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 21st September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative branches…
Climate Change+3CARICOM Project Presents Model Bills to Member States
25th August 2023
Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws presents to annual meeting of company registrars and supervisors of insolvency At the recently held annual meeting of company registrars and supervisors of insolvency of the 15 CARICOM member states, the team on the CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws presented a draft of the three model bills. Though the company registrars were not strangers to meeting on an annual basis, this being their 8th event, the meeting of…
Centre for International Law+1Pathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty
Event Date: 19th July 2023
EVENTS Pathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States are currently negotiating a pandemic treaty, intended to address the global failures…
Arbitration+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics
Ivano Alogna | 3rd July 2023
This research project examines the unique aspects of climate litigation across the corporate world leading to the production of a toolbox for the effective implementation of climate law. The project analyses and compares best practices from 17 jurisdictions and will provide recommendations to relevant stakeholders in order to facilitate continuous improvement in the implementation of climate change law. The Toolbox contains an inventory of substantive and procedural provisions relevant…
Climate Change+4Is AI and Mass Data Sharing the Future of Legal Ideas?
Event Date: 26th June 2023
EVENTS Is AI and Mass Data Sharing the Future of Legal Ideas? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location 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…
Artificial Intelligence+2Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2023
Event Date: 21st June 2023
EVENTS Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2023 (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details The Harry Weinrebe memorial event 2023 will be delivered by Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He will be in conversation with Shehzad Charania MBE, GCHQ Director of…
Centre for International Law+2Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches
Event Date: 19th June 2023
EVENTS Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Covid-19 pandemic had a marked effect on vulnerable individuals and groups such as small businesses, women and children, supply chain workers,…
Business and Human Rights+4Mining Disputes Between Investors and States
Event Date: 1st June 2023
EVENTS Mining Disputes Between Investors and States (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details Mineral resources have become ever-more essential to the production of goods in the global economy. This in turn has made the mining industry of ever-increasing importance.…
Arbitration+3LawGPT?: Using AI to Modernize Judicial Systems, Legal Practices and the Future of Legal Work
Event Date: 26th May 2023
EVENTS LawGPT?: Using AI to Modernize Judicial Systems, Legal Practices and the Future of Legal Work Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In collaboration with Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG)…
Artificial Intelligence+2Private International Law in National Adjudication
Event Date: 24th April 2023
EVENTS Private International Law in National Adjudication Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Hosted by the Ukrainian Association of International Law In cooperation with the Supreme Court of Ukraine and British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Conference Details Globalization processes,…
Courts and Tribunals+3ICLQ Annual Lecture 2023: Sovereignty Fictions in the United Kingdom's Trade Agenda
Event Date: 14th March 2023
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2023: Sovereignty Fictions in the United Kingdom's Trade Agenda Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details Chair Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE Speakers Professor Clair Gammage, Exeter University Professor Phil Syrpis, Bristol University This…
Brexit+3Small States Conference
Last Updated: 23rd January 2023
Small States Conference Learn more about our Small States event series Share LinksBIICL engages in various pieces of work of direct or indirect relevance to Small States. In particular, BIICL, working with the Institute of Small and Microstates co-convenes annual conferences on small states and various international law issues. In 2022, the seventh edition of the conference was held. BIICL and ISMS signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019. Beyond…
Cultural Heritage+32nd Africa Arbitration Day (Hybrid)
Event Date: 19th January 2023
EVENTS 2nd Africa Arbitration Day (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Conference Outline Today, Africa is arguably the most magnetic of the world's emerging economies with a fast-rising youthful population and enormous opportunities for international trade and investments. Disputes…
Arbitration+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Poland
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Poland Marta ZAMORSKA is a PhD Candidate at the University of Lausanne Law School, and one of the coordinators of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Climate Change at the University of Lausanne. Her field of research is corporate liability for climate change. International Expert Group Poland Marta is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession:…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Philippines
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the Philippines Professor Michael TIU is an Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines College of Law. He is also a consultant on matters involving international human rights standards and he is a member of the Philippine Working Group on Business and Human Rights. Professor Tiu will lead and coordinate the research for the Philippines. Franco LOPEZ is a JD candidate at the University of the Philippines College…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Norway
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Norway Dr Rosa MANZO is Associate Professor of Law at the University of South-Eastern Norway. She is also a member of the University of Oslo's PluriCourts programme. International Expert Group Norway Professor Manzo will be supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession: Dr Hanna AHLSTRÖM Daniel ARNESSON Nanette…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Nigeria
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Nigeria Dr Uzuazo ETEMIRE is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Port Harcourt. He has published widely on climate change litigation and was the National Rapporteur for Nigeria on C2LI, the Climate Change Litigation Initiative UK project. Etemire holds a PhD in Environmental Law from the University of Strathclyde. International Expert Group Nigeria Dr Etemire is supported by the following experts in…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Netherlands
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the Netherlands Professor Elbert DE JONG is professor of private law at the Utrecht Center for Accountability and Liability Law (Ucall) and the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law. He is also director of Ucall. He is an expert in contract law and liability law and his research considers the relationship between tort law, innovation, climate change, and the environment. Professor de Jong will lead the research team for the Netherlands. Daan…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Japan
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Japan Professor Hitoshi USHIJIMA is Professor of Law at Chuo University, Tokyo. His main fields of research are administrative law and regulatory policy, environmental and climate change law, comparative/transnational law, and multi-layered legal systems and governance. Professor Ushijima will lead the research for Japan. Professor Masako ICHIHARA is Program-Specific Assistant Professor at the Research Unit of the Environment…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG UK
Last Updated: 13th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the UK Dr Kim BOUWER is an Assistant Professor of Law at Durham University. Her main fields of research are energy and climate change law, and private law and she is currently engaged in research on climate litigation and its relationship with activism. International Expert Group UK Dr Bouwer is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession:…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Kenya
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Kenya Dr Omondi OWINO is a Senior Lecturer at JKUAT School of Law, Nairobi. He is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and is the climate change rapporteur for Kenya at the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law. Dr Owino leads the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Law department at Acorn Law Advocates, Nairobi. International Expert Group Kenya Dr Owino is supported by the following experts…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Italy
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Italy Professor Attilio PISANÒ is Professor of Legal Philosophy and Human Rights at the University of Salento, Italy. He is also a Principal Researcher on The Political Terror Scale project at the University of North Carolina. Professor Pisanò has published widely in both Italian and international journals and has authored a number of books on Human Rights. International Expert Group Italy Professor Pisanò is…
Business and Human Rights+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG India
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for India Professor Dr Madhuri PARIKH is Director and Dean of the Institute of Law, Nirma University. Her areas of interest are Environmental Law, Forest Law, Legal Research, and Tort Law. Her current research involves public engagement in the implementation of sustainable development goals and in the environmental decision making process in India. International Expert Group India Professor Parikh is supported by…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG USA
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the USA Dr Michael MEHLING is Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School. For over two decades, he has worked on climate policy design and implementation at the intersection of energy and trade policy, advising decision makers in over a dozen countries, testifying before or briefing legislators in the United States, the United Kingdom, and…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Germany
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteurs for Germany Prof Dr Marc-Philippe WELLER is Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Heidelberg. In 2021 he co-authored (with Prof Dr Wolfgang Kahl) and published Climate Change Litigation - Liability and Damages from a Comparative Perspective. Professor Weller will coordinate the report for Germany, assisted by his research team. Christine HEIDBRINK is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Comparative…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG France
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteurs for France Professor Pauline-Marie ABADIE is Associate Professor of Law and Member of IDEP (Institute of Ethical Heritage Law) at Paris-Saclay University. Professor Mathilde HAUTEREAU-BOUTONNET is Professor of Private Law and Researcher in Environmental Law at Aix-Marseille University. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow at BIICL. International Expert Group France Professor Abadie and Professor Hautereau-Boutonnet…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG China
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for China Professor Dr Tianbao QIN is Luojia Professor of Law, and Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL) at the School of Law, Wuhan University. Professor Qin is also a member of the project's Core Group of experts. International Expert Group China Professor Qin is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession: Jin…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Canada
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Canada Professor Hassan AHMAD is Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, where he researches and teaches on topics related to corporate governance, business and human rights, transnational law, tort law, international law and climate change litigation. International Expert Group Canada Professor Ahmad is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia,…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Brazil
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Brazil Dr Danielle DE ANDRADE MOREIRA is Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), working with the Postgraduate Programme in Law and the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Environment (NIMA/PUC-Rio). She is founder and coordinator of Law, Environment and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA), which is affiliated to the Environmental Law Coordination of NIMA/PUC-Rio (NIMA-Jur). She is director of the…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Australia
Last Updated: 28th November 2022
National Rapporteurs for Australia Professor Dr Jacqueline PEEL is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School and Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, the University of Melbourne's climate change initiative. She is also Lead Author of WGIII IPCC 6th AR. Professor Peel will lead the research team for Australia. Rebekkah MARKEY-TOWLER is a PhD candidate at Melbourne Law School, and Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures. Rebekkah…
Climate Change+4The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art?
Event Date: 16th November 2022
EVENTS The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The Law Commission has recently reviewed the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure that it continues to promote the UK as a leading…
Arbitration+5A Global Toolbox for Corporate Climate Litigation
15th November 2022
New Landmark Research Project announced The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) today announces the launch of a landmark new research project on climate litigation within the corporate world. Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics will produce a toolbox for NGOs, government bodies, local communities, other affected groups and individuals around the world, and those representing them. It aims to trigger a significant impact of international…
Climate Change+2Intensive 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+2Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS (Online Participation)
Event Date: 14th October 2022
EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS (Online Participation) save the date) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Sponsor Photographs from the event EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS Event Details…
Arbitration+2Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (Online Participation)
Event Date: 15th September 2022
EVENTS Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 1st July 2022, the new ICSID Rules came into effect. This has marked an end of a nearly six-year long process that ICSID launched to modernise, simplify, and streamline the rules while…
Arbitration+322nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference
Event Date: 15th July 2022
EVENTS 22nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference Climate Change: Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches and the WTO Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored By Conference Details Why are Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches being considered by an increasing number of countries? What are the factors…
Business and Human Rights+3Global Governance at a Crossroads: Finding Solutions to Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trade System
Event Date: 29th June 2022
EVENTS Global Governance at a Crossroads: Finding Solutions to Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trade System Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The 12th session of the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place on 12-17 June 2022 at WTO headquarters in Geneva, after being…
Business and Human Rights+3Harry Weinrebe Annual lecture: Right to a Fair Trial
Event Date: 17th May 2022
EVENTS The Annual Harry Weinrebe Memorial Lecture: Defending the Right to a Fair Trial Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by The Dorset Foundation and sponsored by Event Details Although it has long been enshrined in international…
Courts and Tribunals+2Reframing 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+4New article published by Guy Beringer in City A.M
1st April 2022
Guy Beringer, Co-Chairman of the Bingham Development Board considers how the emergence of economic sanctions creates new challenges for government, business and the law. The emergence of economic sanctions as a potential deterrent weapon for dealing with rogue states gives rise to new challenges for government, business and the law. This will require new thinking and co-ordinated planning. It will also require better understanding of the rationale for rule of law principles in market economies.…
Comparative Law+3BIICL 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+3Law and Change: Smart Cities, Platform Economy and the Vulnerable
Event Date: 8th March 2022
EVENTS Law and Change: Smart Cities, Platform Economy and the Vulnerable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Law and Change Series The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management…
Artificial Intelligence+4BIICL and CARICOM announce new project
6th January 2022
CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws BIICL is delighted to be working with Dr Nicole Pierce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States on a new research project aiming to provide assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) to harmonize company,…
International LitigationCARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws
13th December 2021
Consultancy to Provide Assistance to Member States to Harmonize Company, Partnership and Insolvency Laws and Instruments for the Mutual Recognition of Companies BIICL is delighted to be working with Dr Nicole Pierce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States on a new research project aiming to provide assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia,…
International Law+143rd FA Mann Lecture: International Law before United Kingdom Courts - A Quiet Revolution
Event Date: 18th November 2021
EVENTS 43rd FA Mann Lecture: International Law before United Kingdom Courts - A Quiet Revolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Event Details The forty-third of a series of lectures in honour of the late Dr F A Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by his former partners in Herbert…
Courts and Tribunals+2Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution
Event Date: 11th November 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This two-day programme is focused on current developments and strategies in cross-border dispute resolution. Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial…
Comparative Law+2Law and Change: Social Media
Event Date: 22nd October 2021
EVENTS Law and Change: Social Media Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location 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 of webinars on 'Law…
Artificial Intelligence+4Study 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+3Class, 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+5Swiss-UK Bilateral Relations outside EU Membership
Event Date: 28th April 2021
EVENTS Swiss-UK Bilateral Relations outside EU Membership Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Brexit has led to a new triangle of legal relations in Europe outside of EU membership: UK-EU; Swiss-EU; and UK-Swiss. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. After 47 years of a…
Arbitration+5Appointment and Removal of ISDS Arbitrators: Practical Problems and Prospects for Reform
Event Date: 29th March 2021
EVENTS Appointment and Removal of ISDS Arbitrators: Practical Problems and Prospects for Reform Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image courtesy of ICSID Sponsored By: …
Arbitration+2The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe?
8th February 2021
After many years of discussion, the EU Representative Actions Directive was finally promulgated in early December last year. The European institutions have had a long-standing interest in consumer redress & group actions dating back to at least 1980s. The first concrete result of that was the Injunctions Directive passed in 1998, which though solely a regulatory measure, was nonetheless very significant development as the first EU legislation covering in a general way on civil procedural…
Collective Redress+3The Representative Actions Directive – a class action for Europe?
Event Date: 3rd February 2021
EVENTS The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This webinar will examine the recently-adopted EU Representative Actions Directive and consider its impact on cross-border and domestic collective redress actions across Europe.…
Collective Redress+5Recording: Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Government response to the pandemic
Event Date: 31st December 2020
RECORDING Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes Event details 23 Member States of the European Union signed on 5 May 2020 agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties. This agreement implements the 2018 judgment of the European Court of Justice, in which the Court found that intra-EU BITs violate the EU Treaties. The termination agreement implements the March…
Arbitration+3Resource Pack: Force majeure and hardship in commercial contracts cross-border and comparative perspectives
Event Date: 31st December 2020
RESOURCE PACK Force Majeure and Hardship in Commercial Contracts: Cross-border and Comparative Perspectives Webinar Details On 8 April 2020 this webinar examined the legal consequences of a party's inability to perform a contract due to events outside their control, by comparing and contrasting a series of different juridictions including the US, France and the UK. An analysis was made of the issue of force majeure / and hardship…
Comparative Law+4Forum on Investor-State Mediation
Event Date: 8th December 2020
EVENTS Forum on Investor-State Mediation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner: Read the event summary | Watch the recordings of the presentations Event Details On 8-9 December 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative…
Arbitration+3Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic
Event Date: 27th November 2020
EVENTS Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL's "Breathing Space" series considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery.…
Arbitration+9Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy
Event Date: 12th November 2020
EVENTS Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event partners Event Details Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Institute of Small and Micro States(ISMS), and BIICL will host a two-day conference on human rights as…
Climate Change+2Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials
Event Date: 29th June 2020
WEBINAR Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Organised in partnership with: Event Details The…
Arbitration+6Collaborative 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+2Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes
Event Date: 1st June 2020
WEBINAR Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event details 23 Member States of the European Union signed on 5 May 2020 agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties. This…
Arbitration+3COM 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+3The 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+5Course: Comparative Business Law
Event Date: 23rd January 2020
EVENTS Course: Comparative Business Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with: Event Details BIICL is working with ESCP Europe Business School on this 30 hour course on Comparative Business Law. Taught by BIICL and ESCP staff and legal practitioners, the course provides an excellent…
Arbitration+2Small States, International Law and the Realisation of Rights
Event Date: 14th November 2019
EVENTS Conference: Small States, International Law and the Realisation of Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event Details The conference will examine how Small States influence international law and global decision-making, including a review of the common challenges faced and a comparative…
International LitigationShort Course: Cross-border Dispute Resolution
Event Date: 13th November 2019
EVENTS Short Course: Cross-border Dispute Resolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This three-day programme is focused on current developments and strategies in cross-border dispute resolution. Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial…
Comparative Law+1Herbert 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+1International-level dispute resolution for mass claims / human rights claims
Event Date: 4th February 2019
Time: 16.30-19.15 (Registration from 16.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The event is a panel discussion on international-level dispute resolution for mass claims / human rights claims. The event was prompted by the publication of Prof Maya Steinitz's book, The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice, which is about the resolution of transnational mass tort claims. …
International LitigationThe Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit Civil and Commercial Matters
1st February 2019
The Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit Civil and Commercial Matters Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationThe Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit - Civil and Commercial Matters
Eva Lein | 1st February 2019
This research topic relates to post Brexit perspectives of judicial cooperation in a wider Europe. It assesses the legislative gap following the UK's exit from civil justice cooperation and potential ways to fill it in order to ensure an efficient cross-border enforcement of judgments. This includes a discussion of the Lugano and 2005 Hague Convention regimes as well as the new Hague Judgments Convention which has now been adopted. Share LinksProject - Tags
International LitigationRome II at 10: Looking back and ahead
Event Date: 22nd January 2019
Time: 16.30-19.15 (Registration from 16.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP It's time to celebrate 10 years since Rome II came into force. Its application over the last 10 years has given rise to numerous interesting legal and practical issues as the Courts have started to grapple with applying a novel legal regime. Specialist practitioners and academics from the UK and Europe…
International LitigationJustice 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+1Complexity's Embrace The International Law Implications of Brexit
1st March 2018
Complexity's Embrace The International Law Implications of Brexit Edited by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and Eva Lein In Complexity's Embrace, international law practitioners and academics from…
Brexit+2The Brussels I Regulation Recast
7th May 2015
The Brussels I Regulation Recast Andrew Dickinson and Eva Lein Summarises the structure of the Regulation and the role played by the case law of the European Court of Justice Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationEnhanced Court Fees The Government Response to Part 2 of the Consultation on Reform of Court Fees
1st January 2015
Enhanced Court Fees The Government Response to Part 2 of the Consultation on Reform of Court Fees and Further Proposals for Consultation Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationFactors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts
1st January 2015
Factors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationFactors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts
Eva Lein | 1st March 2014
BIICL conducted a study for the UK Ministry of Justice on factors influencing litigants' decisions to bring commercial disputes to London based courts. The project involved a broad fieldwork process including an online survey and qualitative interviews with legal practitioners and litigants in the UK and abroad who assessed the advantages and disadvantages of litigation in the UK. The assessment included the reasons for choice of court agreements in favour of English courts and choice…
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