Final Conference

Background
The JUDGTRUST conference concluded the three-year project on examining the correct and consistent application of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (BIa Reg or the Regulation; priority code: BRUSSELS Ibis).

The research findings of the project were presented and the conference provided an opportunity to share knowledge amongst academics, legal practitioners and legislators on how to achieve a greater consistency among various instruments in order to enhance the legal certainty, predictability and access to justice in cross border legal transactions.

Programme
Full programme is available here.

The PowerPoint presentations prepared by the Speakers can be found here.

The conference and the resulting publications addressed:

• Interpretation of the revised Regulation.
• Major difficulties in the application and the interpretation of the BIa Reg by the courts in the EU Member States – comparative view.
• Consistency within the European private international law system – comparison with the approaches taken in the Regulations (indicated supra, under 1.1) – which lessons can be learnt?
• Possible solutions – this will present the outcome of the analysis/research (i.e. best solutions for the problems identified modelled along the lines of legal regulation in other legal instruments).

The conference was organised as a hybrid event, with the possibility to participate in person at our premises in The Hague or online. 

The JUDGTRUST conference was organised in partnership with Universität Hamburg, University of Antwerp and Internationaal Juridisch Instituut.

Speakers:

Dr. Michał Gondek, European Commission
Prof. Dr. Markus Tobias Kotzur, University of Hamburg
Dr. Vesna Lazić, Asser Institute, Utrecht University
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hess, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law
Mr. David Althoff, The Hague Institute of Private International and Foreign Law
Prof. Dr. Louise Ellen Teitz, Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hau, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Antonio Leandro, University of Bari
Mr. Michiel de Rooij, Asser Institute
Prof. Dr. Javier Carrascosa González, University of Murcia
Prof. Dr. Pietro Franzina, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan
Prof. Dr. Gilles Cuniberti, University of Luxembourg
Dr. Fieke van Overbeeke, The Hague Institute of Private International and Foreign Law
Dr. Mukarrum Ahmed, University of Lancaster
Prof. Dr. Jachin Van Doninck, Free University Brussels
Prof. Dr. Luis de Lima Pinheiro, University of Lisbon
Ms. Lisette Frohn, The Hague Institute of Private International and Foreign Law
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Añoveros Terradas, University of Barcelona
Dr. Pontian Okoli, University of Stirling
Prof. Dr. Francesca Clara Villata, University of Milan

Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Johan Meeusen, University of Antwerp
Prof. Dr. Marta Pertegás Sender, University of Antwerp
Ms. Lisette Frohn, The Hague Institute of Private International and Foreign Law
Dr. Vesna Lazić, Asser Institute, Utrecht University