It is being run by the Bar Council, Law Society and Judicial Office, and looks at how different jurisdictions have coped with the impact of COVID-19 and online hearings, what measures they have deployed and their successes and challenges.
Topics for discussion include management of remote hearings, the needs of litigants in person, access to justice, equality of arms, hybrid hearings and guidelines and etiquette.
There will be an opportunity to network with other international commercial lawyers.
Speakers include: Olivier Cousi, Bâtonnier, Barreau de Paris; Matthew Howard SC, President of the Australian Bar Association; Mrs Justice Cockerill, Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court; Professor Richard Susskind; Marion Smith QC, 39 Essex Chambers; Willem Visser, Court Register and Senior Law Clerk of the Netherlands Commercial Court; Brad Regehr, President of the Canadian Bar Association; and Mr Justice Knowles.
Find out more at: bit.ly/3ihsxx8.
