“International commercial courts – domestic courts, chambers, and divisions dedicated to commercial or international commercial disputes such as the Netherlands Commercial Court and the never-implemented Brussels International Business Court – are the topic of much discussion these days. The NCC is a division of the Dutch courts with Dutch judges. The BIBC proposal, however, envisioned judges who were mostly ‘part-timers’ who may include specialists from outside Belgium. While the BIBC experiment did not pass Parliament, other commercial courts around the world have proliferated, and some hire judges from outside their jurisdictions …” (more)
[Alyssa S King and Pamela K Bookman, Conflict of Laws .net, 6 July]
First posted 2022-07-06 15:00:51
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