CCTL – Law Research Forum

CCTL Transnational Legal History Group Seminar – ‘From Decolonization to Decent Work – The International Labour Organisation after 1945’ by Prof. Daniel Roger Maul (Online) 4 March 2024 << Back to Transnational Legal History Group The International Labour Organisation (ILO) reached its centenary in 2019. From its beginnings in Versailles Read more…

CCTL Transnational Economic Law and Dispute Settlement Group Seminar – ‘Cross-border Insolvency between the Mainland and Hong Kong’ by Dr. Shuai Guo (Online) 27 February 2024 << Back to Transnational Economic Law and Dispute Settlement Group This seminar intends to elucidate the recently established Chinese Mainland–Hong Kong cross-border insolvency cooperation Read more…

CCTL Cross-Border Legal Issues Dialogue Seminar Series – ‘Parallel Proceedings between International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration’ by Dr. Guangjian Tu (Online) 30 January 2024 < Back to The Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law Parallel proceedings in international commercial litigation between the courts of different countries have long been discussed Read more…

CCTL Obligations Lab Asia Seminar – ‘Private Nuisance and Privacy after Fearn v Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4’ by Dr. Jeevan Hariharan (Online) 29 January 2024 << Back to Obligations Lab Asia Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 is a landmark decision in English private Read more…

CCTL Environmental, Energy and Climate Law Cluster Seminar – ‘Model Joint Operating Agreements in the Energy Industry — Key Changes in the 2023 AIEN Model International Joint Operating Agreement’ by Prof. Paul Deemer 23 January 2024 < Back to Environmental, Energy and Climate Law Cluster In February 2023, the Association Read more…

CCTL Environmental, Energy and Climate Law Cluster Seminar – ‘Reciprocity and the Law of International Watercourses: An Analysis of China’s Transboundary Water Treaty Practice’ by Dr. David J Devlaeminck (Online) 15 January 2024 < Back to Environmental, Energy and Climate Law Cluster China is arguably one of the most important Read more…

CCTL Obligations Lab Asia Seminar – ‘Good Faith and Relational Contracts: Theory, Practice and Future Developments’ by Prof. Anthony Gray (Online) 1 December 2023 << Back to Obligations Lab Asia The common law world continues to grapple with the possible use of a good faith doctrine in the contractual context. Read more…

CCTL Comparative Public Law Research Forum Seminar – ‘From Cosmopolitan to Self-Preservation: Courts and LGBTQ Rights in the 21st Century’ by Prof. Rehan Abeyratne (Online) 24 November 2023 << Back to Comparative Public Law Research Forum Around the world, liberal constitutionalism faces a crisis in confidence and, in some cases, Read more…

CCTL Obligations Lab Asia Seminar – ‘A New Dawn on the (Tort) Horizon? Examining How Negligence and Nuisance Can Enable Access to Compensation for Climate-Related Harms in Australia’ (Online) 17 November 2023 < < Back to Obligations Lab Asia Increasingly, the global community is recognising that climate change can cause Read more…

CCTL Seminar – ‘The Changing Nature of the Protection of States’ Nationals Abroad: History, Geopolitics, and Human Rights’ by Prof. Frédéric Mégret 9 November 2023 < < Back to CCTL The protection of nationals abroad was long a central theme of imperial history, notably as part of a now strongly Read more…