First Meeting of the Working Group on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation
From 11 to 15 October 2021, the Working Group on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation met for the first time. The meeting, held via videoconference, was attended by over 60 participants representing 28 HCCH Members and two Observers, as well as members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH.
The Group, under the chairmanship of Professor Keisuke Takeshita (Japan), commenced work on the development of draft provisions on parallel proceedings, to further inform policy considerations and decisions in relation to the scope and type of any new instrument.
More information on the Jurisdiction Project is available on the Jurisdiction Section of the HCCH website.