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Programme
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Thursday, 8th April 2010
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15:00
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Registration
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16:00
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Welcome
Jo Miles, University of Cambridge
Jens M. Scherpe, University of Cambridge
Katharina Boele-Woelki, University of Utrecht
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16:30
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Opening lecture: "Financial consequences of divorce: England v the rest of Europe"
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe, Head of International Family Justice for England and Wales
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17:30
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Reception
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Friday, 9th April 2010
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Saturday, 10th April 2010
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08:30
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Registration
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Matrimonial property law in Europe
Chair: Stuart Bridge, University of Cambridge
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Round table: Unification of private international family law
Chair: Roger Bamber, Solicitor
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09:00
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Matrimonial property regimes in Europe
Speaker: Walter Pintens, University of Leuven
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09:00
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Panellists to include:
Ulf Bergquist, Lawyer, Stockholm
Cristina González Beilfuss, University of Barcelona
Miloš Hatapka, Ministry of Justice of Slovakia
Andrea Woelke, Solicitor, London
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09:30
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Initial results of the work of the CEFL in the field of property relations between spouses
Speakers: Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, University of Uppsala and Katharina Boele-Woelki, University of Utrecht
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10:15
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Discussion
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10:00
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Discussion
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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Break
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Family contracts: issues of autonomy
Chair: Masha Antokolskaia, Free University of Amsterdam
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Unification of private international succession law
Chair: Katharina Boele-Woelki, University of Utrecht
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11:00
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Contracting in family law: A European Perspective
Speaker: Nina Dethloff, University of Bonn
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11:15
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The Europeanisation of cross-border succession
Speaker: Anatol Dutta, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg
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11:30
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Matrimonial property agreements: the work of the Law Commission for England and Wales
Speaker: Elizabeth Cooke, Law Commission for England and Wales
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11:45
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Discussion
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12:00
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Cohabitant obligations: Contract vs Status
Speaker: Marsha Garrison, Brooklyn Law School
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12:00
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Closing remarks
Jo Miles and Jens M. Scherpe, University of Cambridge
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12:30
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Discussion
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12:30
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End of Conference and lunch
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13:00
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Lunch
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Guided walking tours in historic Cambridge city centre, commencing at 2.00pm and ending c. 4:00pm
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Parallel working groups: Presentations by early career researchers
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14:00
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Chair: Bente Braat, European Court of Human Rights
Chair:Tone Sverdrup, University of Oslo
Chair: Dieter Martiny, University of Frankfurt/Oder, Hamburg
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15:30
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Break
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16:00
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Continuation of working groups
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17:30
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Session ends
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19:00
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Dinner: Hall of Gonville and Caius College
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