On October 21-22, 2022, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC) held its fourth full meeting, in Sydney, Australia. The SIFoCC’s website provides a…
In October 2022, Japan launched a new centralized business court in Tokyo. An article summarizing this development can be found here. Judge Masahiro Hiraki, President…
In his February 11, 2022 Blackstone Lecture, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Ian Duncan Burnett (Baron Burnett of Maldon), made the following…
As our readers know, a number of courts in non-English speaking countries have created English language commercial courts. One such example is the Netherlands Commercial…
On November 1, 2020, two new Commercial Courts were initiated in Stuttgart and Mannheim, Germany. A link to these courts’ website can be found here.…
A book on international business courts, first published in 2019, is now available online via open access. International Business Courts: A European and Global Perspective…
We note three 2019 legal research papers focusing on international business courts, all including some degree of comparison with U.S. business courts. In Delaware’s New Competition, set…
This is an interesting article out of Australia on whether a new Australian International Commercial Court is needed, or whether existing commercial lists in Australia’s…
Here is a link to a very interesting paper, International Commercial Courts in the Litigation Market. This article observes the development of international commercial courts…
The Business and Property Courts of England and Wales are experimenting with document disclosure procedures under a two year pilot program, set out in full…