Conference presentations at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus
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Webinar: Law in Public Interest: Collective Redress, Funding & Climate Regulation
Our Vici team organises an online seminar titled ‘Law in the Public Interest: Collective Redress, and Litigation Funding and Climate Change Regulation’ on 19 November from 15-17 hrs (CET).
The event will explore the intersections between legal frameworks and the public interest in a time of increasing concerns about climate change, corporate responsibility, and the cost barriers to pursuing collective justice. As climate change becomes a global priority, regulatory frameworks and climate litigation are holding governments and corporations accountable for their environmental impact. Collective redress and litigation funding also fulfil this role and are gaining prominence in recent years with the adoption of legislation such as the EU Representative Actions Directive and the Dutch WAMCA and with high-profile cases like the Post Office litigation in the UK.
Esteemed speakers are: Eva van der Zee (University of Hamburg, Germany) on Behavioural Insights on Climate Change Law; Koen Rutten (Finch, Netherlands) on Is Funding Collective Litigation still Affordable? and Flora Page (23ES, United Kingdom) on What the Bates v Post Office Litigation reveals about the Pros and Cons of Litigation Funding. Introduction and moderation by Adrian Cordina and Xandra Kramer
Register before 19 November for free here.
Published: December 18, 2022
On December 15, 2022, two members of the VICI team, Adriani Dori and fellow Masood Ahmed, delivered online presentations at the 2nd Procedural Law Unit Annual Symposium organised by the School of Law at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. The event was dedicated in memory of the late Professor Konstantinos Kerameus, one of the most emblematic and influential figures of civil procedural law in Greece. The conference centred around the broader theme “European Civil Procedure After Brexit: delays and need to speed-up, technology in justice and ADR”, attracting the participation of academics and policymakers from across Europe.
Adriani participated in the panel discussing EU cross-border transactions, their challenges, potentials, and solutions. Titled “Challenging Borders through EU Convergence: Unexplored Potentials of Integration Policies”, her presentation delved into the soft-law mechanisms developed within the European Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (AFSJ) to harmonise Member States’ procedural and justice systems. Masood contributed to a panel focusing on new technologies and their intersection with civil procedure and ADR. His presentation, titled “[A]DRand Digitization within the Civil Justice System of England and Wales”, shed light on the legal, practical, and policy challenges associated with these domains in the UK system.
The conference’s full agenda is available here.