Event Archive

2023

July

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  The Right to Disconnect: Creating Space for a New Term Implied by Law

  06 July 2023, 13:00 - 14:30

  A French labour law commenced in 2017 attempting to preserve a ‘right to disconnect’, requiring companies with 50 employees or more to negotiate policies about work-related communications with employees outside work. This legislation points to a universal problem, equally affecting employees beyond France. The expectation to stay connected out-of-hours is...

May

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  Book presentation: China's Foreign Investment Legal Regime: Toward China's Development Goals

  31 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Abstract: China’s foreign investment legal regime encompasses its domestic laws governing inward and outward investments, investment protection treaties, and the special rules of the Belt and Road Initiative. After more than four decades’ continued effort in building and reforming the regime, it is worth considering whether the regime works as expected...

March

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  Negotiation of International Wind Power Contract - a personal perspective

  13 March 2023, 13:00 - 15:00

  This lecture is rooted in my personal experience negotiating international wind power contracts. It starts with a short presentation of some useful negotiation theory before presenting some of the particularity of construction contracts and renewable energy execution contracts. Finally I will present some interesting “war stories” and share with the...

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  Securing Energy in the Era of Uncertainty: The Role for International Investment Law?

  09 March 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Climate change and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are some of the most pressing issues of our era. The aftermath of the climate change mitigation agenda, especially the Paris Agreement and new COP27are under scrutiny, so yet to be explored. International norms and principles will need fundamental transformation in response to...

February

• Roundtable on Nigeria's Creative Industries Development Bill 2013 (CIDB).

  22 February 2023, 16:00 - 17:00

  The CIDB is a whole of government approach to championing an executive Bill designed to bridge the gap between the Nigerian Creative industries and the Nigerian Government to build a vibrant, profitable creative sector. When passed into law, the CIDB aims to accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s creative sector through...

January

• Funding research and innovative teaching practices

  25 January 2023, 12:30 - 14:00

  The talk provides an overview of the main EU programmes designed to fund transnational cooperation projects and to support research initiatives and innovation in teaching practices. Based on the personal experience gained in running EU projects over the past years, the analysis focuses on: 1) Erasmus+, the main EU programme...

2022

November

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  Carbon-free Shipping and Shipping Carbon - Contracts in Context

  16 November 2022, 11:00 - 12:30

  On 16th November, our Centre for Commercial Law is delighted to host Prof Stephen Girvin (Centre for Maritime Law, National University of Singapore) for his seminar on 'Carbon-free Shipping and Shipping Carbon - Contracts in Context'.

October

• 'Two-Track Pandemic' Indeed; Access to Covid-19 related Technologies and Justice

  25 October 2022, 13:00 - 14:00

  The requirement of providing patent protection to pharmaceutical products as a result of the TRIPS agreement has been debated since the agreement entered into force. After HIV/AIDS epidemic, Covid-19 has sparked controversy between access to medicine and property rights one more time. India and South Africa proposed a temporal waiver...

• Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of Machines Learning about Our Emotions and Intentions

  12 October 2022, 13:00 - 14:00

  Speaker: Dr Patricia Živković Moderator: Dr Luci Carey

June

• Centre for Commercial Law Presents - PGR Students Spotlight: Sartika Lestari & Gabriel Emeasoba

  29 June 2022, 13:00 - 23:55

  The Centre of Commercial Law presents a spotlight series on PGR Research where our students get the opportunity to present their research and receive comments and feedback from members of staff and other research students in the Centre.  A Critical Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights in Indonesia: Towards Effective Traditional Knowledge and...