ELI-Council Meeting February 2024: some highlights
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Guest lecture International Commercial Courts Cyprus
Xandra Kramer gave a guest lecture on ‘International commercial courts: a game changer in international litigation?’ at the Neapolis University Pafos in Cyprus on 12 April 2024. She discussed the rise of international commercial courts in the Middle East and Europe, in the context of needs of international business, court specialisation and access to justice and in relation to international arbitration.
Focussing on key features of these courts she gave insights on the different courts, and in particular the Singapore and Netherlands Commercial Court. Highlighting some innovative features and the opportunities the Hague Judgments Convention of 2019 offers, she concluded that these courts have an effect on the international litigation market, but they have not triggered a huge shift from arbitration or other courts to these new business courts.
Published: February 26, 2024
On 22 and 23 February 2024 a Council Meeting of the European Law Institute took place in Vienna, to discuss institutional matters and project updates. Xandra Kramer, member of the Council since 2021, among other presented the progress of the ongoing project on Digitalisation of Civil Justice Systems in Europe, together with co-reporters Dory Reiling and Anna Skrjabina. The project aism to provide an overarching framework to improve the use of digital technology in the judiciary, while securing fundamental values of civil procedure. Valuable feedback was received and it is expected that the project can be finalized early 2025. One of the other many interesting projects of the ELI is dedicated to Third Party Funding of Litigation, in which our postdoctoral researcher Adriani Dori is involved as project assistant. Project repoters Dame Sara Cockerill and Susanne Augenhofer presented the progress of the project, of which Xandra Kramer is one of the assessors. The project will make a very valuable contribution to ongoing discussions on third party litigation funding. It is expected to be concluded in the autumn of 2024. See also the LinkedIn post of the ELI on the Council meeting.