Force Majeure in Commercial Contracts. An International Perspective.
The AIFC Court and IAC are delighted to invite you to attend, free of charge, a webinar: “Force Majeure Part 3: Crisis, What Crisis? Force Majeure in Commercial Contracts. An International Perspective”. During the webinar, Justice Tom Montagu-Smith QC, AIFC Court, will introduce an international perspective on force majeure in commercial contracts.
This webinar is for:
✅Lawyers
✅Business community
When: 14 May 2020, 16:00-17:00 (Nur-Sultan time) 11:00-12:00 (London time)
No payment is required. Participation is free of charge upon registration to the webinar.
Language: English
About Speaker
Justice Tom Montagu-Smith QC
Justice Montagu-Smith QC was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2001 and was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 2017. He practices as a barrister from XXIV Old Buildings, a barristers’ chambers in London, and practices in London and internationally including in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai, having appeared in many of the leading cases at the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. He was the principle draftsman of the Rules of the AIFC Court.
⚫Main areas of expertise – international commercial law, arbitration, commercial fraud, insurance and reinsurance, construction, and professional negligence.
⚫He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford University, where he read Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and graduated in 1999. He read for the Postgraduate Diploma in Law at the College of Law in 2000 and read for the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law in 2001.
AIFC Court & IAC Webinars Programme 2020: New Opportunities During and Post COVID-19
This is the fifth webinar from the AIFC Court & IAC Webinars Program 2020. Please see the full webinar program below. Registration for each webinar will be opened in advance of each webinar. Participants will receive a separate email with a registration link. All webinars will be conducted free of charge. All participants will receive electronic certificates after each webinar.
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DATE & TIME |
WEBINAR |
SPEAKER |
LANGUAGE |
REGISTRATION |
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15 April 2020 15:00 (Nur-Sultan) 10:00 (London)
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WEBINAR 1: COVID-19: Online dispute resolution at the AIFC Court and International Arbitration Centre
To view the webinar recording click here. To view slides of the webinar click here. |
Christopher Campbell-Holt, AIFC Court and IAC, Registrar and Chief Executive |
English |
Registration is closed |
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23 April 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 2: Arbitration opportunities during & post COVID-19 To view the webinar recording click here. To view slides of the webinar click here. |
Alexander Korobeinikov, Partner, Baker McKenzie |
English |
Registration is closed |
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27 April 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 3: Force Majeure Part 1: Kazakhstan & the AIFC: a comparative approach and related dispute resolution at the AIFC Court and IAC To view the webinar recording click here. To view slides of the webinar click here. |
Bakhyt Tukulov, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution, Grata Law Firm |
English |
Registration is closed |
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11 May 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 4: Force Majeure Part 2: Kazakhstan Court Practice To view the webinar recording click here. To view slides of the webinar click here. |
Mukhit Yeleuov, Partner, Kinstellar |
English |
Registration is closed |
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14 May 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 5: Force Majeure Part 3: Crisis, what crisis? Force majeure in commercial contracts. An international perspective |
Justice Tom Montagu-Smith QC, AIFC Court |
English |
Registration is closed |
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21 May 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 6: Freezing Orders, other interim measures and ex parte applications at the AIFC Court |
Justice Charles Banner QC, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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28 May 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 7: Appeals to the AIFC Court from regulatory decisions |
Justice Sir Stephen Richards, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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1 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 8: Business interruption insurance and COVID-19 |
Justice Patricia Edwards, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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4 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 9: Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency under the AIFC Companies and Insolvency Rules and Regulations |
Ms. Tetyana Nesterchuk, Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers, London |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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8 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London)
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WEBINAR 10: Does Intellectual Property matter in times of pandemic? |
Justice Sir Robin Jacob, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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11 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 11: Construction law disputes at the AIFC Court |
Justice Sir Rupert Jackson, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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18 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 12: Legal responsibility for the wrongs of others. Who pays and in what circumstances? |
Justice Lord Faulks QC, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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22 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 13: Dispute Resolution Practice in Challenging Times: Part 1. A law firm’s perspective. |
Moderated by Sofiya Zhylkaidarova, Managing Partner, SIGNUM Law Firm |
Russian |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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25 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London) |
WEBINAR 14: Assessment of damages and consequences of cancellation.
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Justice Sir Jack Beatson, AIFC Court |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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30 June 2020 16:00 (Nur-Sultan) 11:00 (London)
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In association with Astana Finance Days SPECIAL WEBINAR 15: Dispute Resolution Practice in Challenging Times: Part 2. An in-house counsel perspective |
Moderated by Sofiya Zhylkaidarova, Managing Partner, SIGNUM Law Firm |
Russian |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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1 July 2020 14:00 – 15:00 (Nur-Sultan) 09:00 – 10:00 (London) |
In association with Astana Finance Days SPECIAL WEBINAR 16: Online Dispute Resolution: Now & The Future
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Moderated by Christopher Campbell-Holt, Registrar and Chief Executive, AIFC Court and IAC |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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2 July 2020 17:00 – 18:00 (Nur-Sultan) 12:00 – 13:00 (London) |
In association with Astana Finance Days SPECIAL WEBINAR 17: Enforcement of AIFC Court Decisions |
Moderated by Christopher Campbell-Holt, Registrar and Chief Executive, AIFC Court and IAC |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |
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3 July 2020 16:30 – 17:30 (Nur-Sultan) 11:30 – 12:30 (London) |
In association with Astana Finance Days SPECIAL WEBINAR 18: Ask the Chief Justice. Ask the IAC Chairman |
Moderated by Christopher Campbell-Holt, Registrar and Chief Executive, AIFC Court and IAC |
English |
A registration link will be made available in due course |