2016-11-26
On 26 November 2016, the Centre for Common Law and the Great Britain China Centre held a specialist one-day legal
conference on International Dispute Resolution on the Belt and Road. It was
attended by 60 legal academics, lawyers and policy-makers from six
jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, China, Hong Kong, Macau and India.
CCL’s largest academic conference of 2016 enjoyed the
support of lawyers’ associations from the UK and China, including the Bar
Council, the Law Society of Scotland, Beijing Lawyers Association, Shenzhen
Lawyers Association, the Hong Kong Law Society and the Hong Kong Bar Council –
all of which sent their presidents or vice-presidents.
Lord Phillips – the former UK Supreme Court President and a
former arbitrator, who sits on the Qatari International Commercial Court and
the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal – gave the keynote speech. Lord Phillips is
also the co-President of the CCL’s Academic Advisory Council on the UK side.
The NDRC, the MFA, the Hong Kong Department of Justice and
Beijing Arbitration Commission also sent delegates to the conference.