Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
‘Frontiers in Civil Justice – An Online Debriefing’
“As announced earlier on this blog, the Conference Frontiers in Civil Justice organized by the ERC team together with Ilja Tillema of Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam, took place on 16 and 17 November 2020. The conference addressed four key issues in civil justice, which require a deeper and renewed reflection in light of […]
‘Brexit and Private International Law: Registration for the first EAPIL Virtual Seminar is now open’
“We are glad to announce that registration for the first (Virtual) Seminar of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) is now open. If you wish to join, just fill out this form. The Seminar will take place on 11 December 2020 from 11 am to 1 pm (MET). Devoted to the impact of […]
‘Enhancing Enforcement under Brussels Ia and Beyond – Final (Online) Conference’
The Université Côte d’Azur will host the final conference of the EU co-funded research Project En2BrIa, ‘Enhancing Enforcement under Brussels Ia’. Speakers will deal with transport matters and Article 67 Brussels Ia Regulation (prof Rosario Espinosa Calabuig); Article 67 Brussels Ia Regulation and Directives in special matters (prof Laura Carpaneto); GDPR, international treaties concluded by […]
‘On-line expert seminars: Revised Brussels II ter regime, 25 and 26 November; 3 and 17 December 2020’
“You are kindly invited to a series of six online expert seminars on the Brussels II ter Regulation (EU Regulation 2019/1111). This new Regulation on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility will only become fully applicable on 1 August 2022. Time enough, it would seem, but with its […]
‘Tanfield Talks: “The Contractual Duty of Good Faith – when does it arise, and what does it require?” on 25th November at 1PM’
“Andrew Butler QC and Edward Blakeney will be delivering a virtual seminar on this developing area of law, looking at recent case-law such as Post Office v Bates (2019) and Essex County Council v UBB Waste (2020). The talk will place particular focus on how the Courts have interpreted express obligations to act in good […]
Should trees have standing? The pros and cons of granting rights to nature: Zoom panel event, Queen Mary Law School, 17 November 2020 18:00 GMT
The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre is proud to mark the Second Global Annual Day of Action for Climate Change by hosting an online Panel Discussion on the topic of the Rights of Nature. The debates surrounding the Rights of Nature have been building momentum in recent years and we hope to examine the effectiveness […]
‘Artificial Intelligence and the Idea of a Legal Singularity’: Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture, 18 November 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI), as an idea, has captured the legal imagination, with visions of a future populated by machines simulating legal advisers and even judges. While progress is being made in a variety of areas including partial automation of discovery, due diligence, compliance, information retrieval, and drafting functions, the limits are often hard to articulate. […]
‘Vicarious Liability after Barclays and Morrison – A New Direction?’ Online event, Sheffield Institute for Corporate and Commercial Law, 18 November 2020
The Supreme Court decided this April two cases dealing with important aspects of vicarious liability. WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12; and Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13, dealing respectively with the connection and relationship tests. The seminar will evaluate the decisions by three expert panel members specialising in […]
Mitja Kovač, ‘Duty to renegotiate in international commercial law and uncontemplated behavioural effects’
ABSTRACT This paper explores possible uncontemplated effects and behavioural implications created by duty-to-negotiate provisions in international instruments. More precisely, the paper considers how five different international instruments approach the subject, namely the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC), Principles of European Contract Law (PECL), […]
Call for Papers: ‘Equity and New Technological Horizons’ – interdisciplinary virtual seminar, 8 April 2021
“This call for papers is for an interdisciplinary virtual seminar exploring interpretations, intersections, and tensions between the law of equity and new technologies. Drawing on work by the likes of Franco Berardi, Ian Bogost, Adam Greenfield, and Bernard Stiegler, we welcome speculative theories, critical fields of thought, and futurological perspectives. We also welcome contributions from […]