Event Archive

2024

May

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  Book launch event in memory of the late Professor Jonathan Fitchen

  31 May 2024, 16:00 - 19:00

  On 31 May 2024, the Law School will be holding a book launch event in memory of the late Professor Jonathan Fitchen - a former Director of the Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law and a distinguished private international law scholar, who passed away after a brief illness on the 22nd...

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  Project Workshop: 'Laying the Foundations for a Restatement of Scots Private International Law'

  31 May 2024, 11:00 - 15:00

  On 31 May 2024, the Centre for Private International Law will be holding the second workshop in a series of workshops organised under the auspices of an RSE-funded research project titled 'Laying the Foundations for a Restatement of Scots Private International Law'. The aim of this collaborative project is to...

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  Second Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law

  06 May 2024, 09:00 - 17:00

  Building on the success of its 1st Postgraduate Law Conference, the Centre for Private International Law (CPIL) of the University of Aberdeen is pleased to host the 2nd Postgraduate Law Conference, to be held on 6th May 2024 as a virtual event. The Conference will bring together early career scholars...

March

• AI and International Contracts: What law applies if your "smart fridge" takes over...?

  14 March 2024, 14:00 - 15:30

  Join our webinar with Prof Tim Dornis, Leibniz Universität Hannover. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It not only drives your car, operates your Google searches, organizes your Netflix movies and your Spotify music selection. Sooner or later, it will also take over your household: Some of us own an autonomous cleaning device...

February

• Settling the Accounts: allowing wealthy and developing countries to right the wrongs of the past through (private) international law

  16 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join our webinar with Prof Thalia Kruger, Ast. Prof. Gamze Erdem Türkelli and Begüm Kilimcioglu PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp. During the long years of colonisation, there was a constant flow of resources from colonies to colonisers. Today, these former colonies (largely aligned with the so-called ‘third world’, ‘developing countries’ or ‘global...

2023

December

• Reciprocating the return of abducted children Under The 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention with Muslim (Islamic Law) States

  06 December 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join a webinar with Dr Nazia Yaqub ,University of Leeds. The focus of this seminar is on the practical application and the challenges of the Private International Law treaty, the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention and the research findings of Dr Yaqub’s study, published in her book, Parental Child Abduction to Islamic Law...

November

• Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs): How private international law rules are silencing public watchdogs

  02 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join a webinar with Prof Justin Borg Barthet and Dr Francesca Farrington, University of Aberdeen. Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation or SLAPPs refers to legal actions or threats of legal action that are initiated to suppress communications on matters of public interest. The targets of SLAPPs are a broad range of public...

October

• Protection of international families post-Brexit through the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law: Online Workshop with Central Authorities

  25 October 2023, 11:00 - 13:00

  On 25th October 2023, members of the Centre for Private International Law (Prof Katarina Trimmings, Ms Konstantina Kalaitsoglou, and Mr Le Xuan Tung) will be holding an online workshop with Central Authorities, under the auspices of an RSE-funded research project titled ‘Protection of international families with links to the European...

March

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  Beyond the Civil - Common Law Divide: Islamic Shari'a Principles in Shari'a Based International Arbitration Disputes

  14 March 2023, 14:00 - 15:30

  The liberalisation of financial regulation, the globalisation of financial markets, the proliferation of innovative products and the technological advancement have transformed conventional banking and contributed to the growth of Islamic finance. The growth in Islamic finance markets and products has accelerated following the global financial crisis in 2008. With more...

February

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  Cross-Border Litigation in Central Europe: EU Private International Law Before National Courts

  23 February 2023, 13:00 - 15:00

  In this webinar, we will focus on the practical application and the challenges of EU Private International Law in the Member States and present the research findings of the multi-year EU-funded CEPIL project carried out by six universities and covering ten Central European Member States. The book presenting the project’s...