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Global Arbitration Review interview with Sir Franklin Berman
6 March 2013Sebastian Perry interviews Sir Frank Berman QC, arbitrator and former Legal Adviser to the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, about documentary overload, arbitration's gender imbalance, and the legacy of...
Bingham Centre News
2 March 201317 May 2013 The Bingham Centre publishes its inaugural newsletter The Centre has published its inaugural newsletter, which features a number of articles by Bingham Centre staff and visiting fellows, as...
Appointment of Sam Wordsworth as Queen's Counsel
1 March 2013The appointment of Sam Wordsworth, Chair of the Institute's Public International Law Advisory Panel, as Queen's Counsel was announced this week. The appointment was made by Her Majesty The Queen...
Former Visiting Fellow awarded Journal of International Criminal Justice prize for essay
20 February 2013Former Visiting Fellow, Dr Conor McCarthy, has been awarded the Journal of International Criminal Justice prize for 2012 for his essay, 'Victim Redress and International Criminal Justice: Competing Paradigms,...
Keynote lecture: Making International Law Work
1 February 2013'Making International Law Work' was the topic of the keynote lecture given to celebrate the establishment of the Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellowship in Public International Law. The Fellowship...
The Report of the Annual Conference 2012
30 January 2013The Report of the Annual Conference 2012 is now available online to download here. It took place on 25 October, followed by the Grotius lecture. Both events addressed the...
The Institute welcomes two new members to the team
17 January 2013The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Ghislain Guillaume as Research Fellow in Comparative Law and Fleur Adophe as Interim Marketing...
Joint Research Project on Treaty Law and Practice
20 December 2012The British Institute of International & Comparative Law is collaborating with the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (CIL), on a project to deliver research and...
General Editor of ICLQ appointed to Oxford Chair
29 November 2012The Institute is delighted to congratulate Professor Redgwell on this prestigious appointment. Professor Redgwell was the Co-General Editor from 2007 until 2012 of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the...
BIICL Adviser nominated for election as Judge of the ICJ
2 November 2012Professor James Crawford SC has been nominated by the Australian National Group for election as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Professor Crawford is a long-standing member...
Press Release on Cherif Bassiouni Speaking at the Annual Grotius Lecture
30 October 2012For an insight into the thought-provoking and interesting speech given by Professor Cherif Bassiouni at the Annual Grotius Lecture on Thursday 26th October, please see the attached Press Release.
BIICL Report suggests EU-level enforcement solutions for Fair Relations in the Food Supply Chain.
10 October 2012BIICL has completed a study identifying how the European Union can take steps to ensure fair play in the grocery market. The report looks at how EU member states...
New Handbook Launched in New York
5 October 2012From left to right: John Gregg (Director of EAA), Fatou Bensouda (Prosecutor of ICC), Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (Chair of EAA), Robert McCorquodale (Director of BIICL) and...
Bingham Centre Receives Nuffield Grant
1 October 2012The Bingham Centre was awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to fund its study on 'The Rule of Law and Immigration Detention in Europe'. There is a great...
BIICL reports on high-level roundtable discussion on unlawful copying of packaging
12 September 2012In response to an increase in discourse surrounding what has come to be known as look-alike, parasitic or copycat packaging of consumer products, BIICL hosted a roundtable discussion on...
Summary of the 10th Anniversary ICC conference
16 July 2012The British Institute of International and Comparative Law held a conference at the FCO in London focusing on the 10th Anniversary of the ICC. Destinguished speakers addressed an audience of...
Bingham Centre briefing paper acknowledged in Lords debate
12 July 2012The Justice and Security Bill was debated in the House of Lords this week. The Committee Stage is where detailed examination of the Bill takes place and suggested amendments...
60 Years in International Law: Seminar in Honour of Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC
8 June 2012In October 2011, the Members of 20 Essex Street and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law presented an afternoon seminar to celebrate Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC's 60...
BIICL publishes study on Art. 14 Rome I Regulation
15 May 2012In 2011 BIICL has undertaken a comprehensive research study for the European Commission on third party effects of an assignment in the conflicts of laws. At present, Regulation (EC)...
BIICL report offers ways forward for Europe in tackling supply chain abuse
24 April 201224 April 2012 For immediate release The need for a 'hard law' solution to tackle abuse of power by multiples against suppliers has been identified in a report emerging today at...
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