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...

2022

December

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  Crossroads in Private International Law Webinar: The Private Side of Transforming our World: UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

  05 December 2022, 14:00 - 15:30

  Speaker: Prof Dr Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Chair of Private International Law, School of Law, University of Edinburgh Moderator: Prof Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Universida de Vigo In this webinar, we will focus on the role of private international law in implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The edited volume The Private...

October

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  Private international law's contribution to the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI): an EU perspective

  05 October 2022, 16:00 - 17:30

  *This event is part of the 'Crossroads in Private International Law' webinar series, organised by the Centre for Private International Law.

June

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  Webinar - Strategic Climate Change Litigation in the EU: Between Judicial Restraint and Proactive Judicial Policy

  01 June 2022, 16:00 - 17:00

  *This is the first event in our new Crossroads in Private International Law webinar series, organised by the Centre for Private International Law. Nevena Jevremović, Honorary Lecturer, School of Law, University of Aberdeen Moderated by Professor Guillaume Laganière, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The overall passivity of the individual states to take meaningful action...

April

• International Tort Litigation in the Internet and Artificial Intelligence Era: An EU approach by Professor Guillermo Palao

  27 April 2022, 15:00 - 16:30

  The emergence and consolidation of the 3rd and the 4th Industrial Revolutions have amounted to several complex legal risks. From a Private International Law perspective, those challenges often and directly affect the question of determining international jurisdiction in situations where the case enjoys an international character, due to the connection...

March

• Hard Legal Problems and Comparative Legal Analysis: The case of parental child abduction in international and Islamic law

  11 March 2022, 17:00 - 18:30

  The seminar will draw on Professor Emon’s recent book, Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms, where he and co-author Urfan Khaliq integrate their respective research on private international law and Islamic law to address the contemporary legal challenges surrounding parental child abduction.  The Hague Abduction Convention, 1980, remains a cornerstone convention that redresses the harm to...

2021

December

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  PhD Book Club - European Private International Law in a Digital World

  08 December 2021, 10:00 - 14:00

  The event is organized under the auspices of the Digital in Law project, co-funded by Erasmus-plus Programme of the European Union.The objectives of the events are to: 1) stimulate the PhD students’ critical thinking and to 2) extend and redefine their existing knowledge considering digital technologies in law. The event will bring together...

November

• 1st Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law

  17 November 2021

  The Centre for Private International Law (CPIL) of the University of Aberdeen is pleased to host its first online student conference, to be held on 17th November 2021. The Postgraduate Law Conference aims at bringing together early career scholars working in the private international law field or at the intersection...

September

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  Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom (online workshop)

  17 September 2021, 10:00 - 12:00

  Organized by Dr Katarina Trimmings & Ms Ziyana Nazeemudeen under the auspices a British Council-funded research project titled 'Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom'

2020

June

• POAM Project International Experts' Workshop on Rethinking the Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction

  19 June 2020

  On 19 June 2020, the Centre for Private International Law, represented by the Aberdeen POAM research team, hosted the International Experts’ Workshop on Rethinking the Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction. The workshop, which was originally due to be held in Milan on 27 March...

2019

September

• Building Families Through Surrogacy: a stakeholder event on the reform of UK law at the University of Aberdeen with the Law Commissions

  10 September 2019

  The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission are undertaking a joint legislative project, the objective of which is to reform the UK laws on surrogacy, including taking account of cross-border surrogacy cases. As part of this law reform project the Commissions are seeking to consult relevant stakeholders, including interested academics...

May

• Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Intersection between Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction - POAM Project Workshops

  28 - 29 May 2019

  On 28 May and 29 May 2019, the Centre for Private International Law hosted two one-day workshops on domestic violence and parental child abduction, as part of the EU-funded POAM project. The workshops were organised by Dr Katarina Trimmings (Principal Investigator), Dr Isla Callander (Co-Investigator) and Dr Onyoja Momoh (Research Assistant)....

March

• The Use of Blockchain Technology in Cross-Border Legal Cooperation

  27 March 2019, 13:00 - 14:00

  Admission is free, all are welcome to attend

• Workshop: Reform of EU Law on Defamation

  04 March 2019, 10:00 - 16:00

  This workshop will bring together global press freedom NGOs, journalists, representatives of EU institutions, and legal scholars, with a view to highlighting and addressing the weaknesses in defamation law which allow powerful entities to suppress freedom of expression. The research underpinning the event was prompted by the redaction and deletion of...

February

• Unity in Diversity in Private International Law Workshop

  27 February 2019

  The Centre for Private International Law hosted a workshop entitled ‘Unity in Diversity in Private International law’ on Monday 27th February in C49 from 11am until 4pm. The keynote address was given by Professor Ralf Michaels from Duke University, with additional speakers Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, University of Edinburgh, Maria Blanca Noodt...