ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN CROSS-BORDER LITIGATION: LUGANO V. THE HAGUE – Webinar The UK Law Societies Joint Brussels Office, October 27th, 2020

marketude Employment and Pensions, Events, Guido Callegari

The webinar will explore what the future arrangements between UK and EU regarding jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters might look like after 1 January 2021: will the UK be able to join the Lugano Convention? Is the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention a viable alternative? What will happen if nothing is in place by 1 January?

The panel will discuss the consequences of the different scenarios for UK and EU citizens, consumers, employees and businesses.

Panellists:
Guido Callegari, Partner at De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani, Milan, Italy
Christopher Deacon, Partner at Stewart, London, UK
Philip Thorsen, Partner at Mazanti-Anderse Korso Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Moderator:
Diana Wallis, Senior Fellow in Law, University of Hull, member of the Law Society of England & Wales’ EU Committee

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