Colloquium on the Choice of Courts Convention

Friday 3 October 2008, School of Law, USQ

The Choice of Courts Convention has been presented as either an important step towards securing the harmonisation of rules of jurisdiction for international commercial and trading relationships or – compared with the draft convention of 1999 – a consolation prize of limited scope and use. This Colloquium will explore the significance of the Choice of Courts Convention, examine its implications for other areas of transnational law, and investigate legal questions that it raises - in general and specifically for Australia.

The Colloquium is being held at the Law School at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, on Friday 3 October 2008, and is coordinated by Professor Reid Mortensen.

To attend please contact Mary Ann Armstrong.

Colloquium program

Details of the program are available.

Nine scholars in private international law and transnational law will be giving papers.

Paper	Scholar
The Choice of Courts Convention: Background and Negotiations	Professor Paul Beaumont, School of Law, University of Aberdeen
The Choice of Courts Convention: Is it Worth Implementing?	Professor Richard Garnett, The Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Exceptions under the Choice of Courts Convention	Associate Professor Mary Keyes, Law School, Griffith University
The Choice of Courts Convention and the Exclusion of Maritime Claims	Dr Craig Forrest, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
The Choice of Courts Convention and the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG)	Dr Des Taylor, School of Law, University of Southern Queensland
The Choice of Courts Convention – How will it work in relation to the Internet and e-commerce?	Associate Professor Dan Svantesson, Faculty of Law, Bond University
The Hague and The Ditch: The Choice of Courts Convention and the Australia-New Zealand Treaty on Jurisdiction and Judgments	Professor Reid Mortensen, Law School, University of Southern Queensland
Enforcement of Judgments under the Choice of Courts Convention	Dr Anthony Gray, School of Law, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield
Res Judicata and Forum Shopping under the Choice of Courts Convention	Mr Justin Hogan-Doran, Wentworth Cambers, Sydney