Conference on “Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws” at Oxford, 20–21 March 2025

Info kindly supplied by Johannes Ungerer

On the College of Oxford, a convention on ‘Characterisation within the Battle of Legal guidelines’ will probably be held on 20 and 21 March 2025. It’s collectively organised by Dr Johannes Ungerer (College of Oxford and College of Notre Dame in England), Dr Caterina Benini (Catholic College of the Sacred Coronary heart, Milan), and PD Dr Felix Berner (College of Tübingen), and is funded by the Institute of European and Comparative Regulation and the School of Regulation.

For greater than a century, characterisation has been mentioned within the battle of legal guidelines with out reaching a consensus on a typically accepted idea. Nonetheless, it’s arguably probably the most essential step for a court docket when figuring out its worldwide jurisdiction and the relevant regulation. Characterisation identifies in cross-border litigation the character or class of a specific explanation for motion (as an example contractual, tortious, proprietary, company, matrimonial), in order that the proper connecting issue might be employed. That is troublesome the place the motion is unknown domestically or probably falls in-between two classes and will thus be litigated in numerous fora or beneath totally different legal guidelines, resulting in totally different outcomes. What makes it much more advanced are the totally different strategies proposed for characterisation, relying on the origin of the conflicts guidelines in query (nationwide, EU, or worldwide guidelines).

The convention, happening at St Hilda’s School, will probably be organised as a round-table dialogue, bringing collectively authorized students and practitioners from a spread of jurisdictions, overlaying each Frequent Regulation and Civil Regulation traditions, as a way to set up a standard understanding of the practices and challenges concerning characterisation. It can function contributions from 15 audio system in three classes: the programme might be accessed right here.

The convention room can accommodate a small variety of attendees. students and practitioners are invited to specific their curiosity in attending the convention by sending an e-mail to Dr Ungerer by 17 November 2024.