Speaking

Selected conferences, seminars and invited presentations.

A record of presentations spanning maritime law, private international law, insurance, international commercial law and arbitration.

DateTopicEvent / OrganiserVenue
14 May 2025The CISG's capacity to regulate trade in digital subject-matters, and the CISG's influence on subsequent UNCITRAL texts concerning e-commerceUNCCA's Annual May Seminar 2025 · UNCCA / UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for AustraliaUniversity of Sydney, New Law Lounge
1 August 2024A contract of carriage of goods by sea involving Australia - Section 11 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 revisited!Rethinking Jurisdiction in Private International Law Conference · The Chinese University of Hong KongLecture Theatre 1A, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK
5 August 2023The Mocambique rule revisit: Limiting its reach or abolishing it altogether?9th Journal of Private International Law Conference · Singapore Management UniversitySingapore Management University
14 October 2022Fair Presentation - Influencing AI?7th International Conference on Ocean Law & Policy · National Taiwan Ocean UniversityOnline
27 May 2022From Certainty to Uncertainty - CISG in Hong KongCross-Border Legal Issues Dialogue · CUHK Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law, Private International Law GroupOnline
17 July 2019Economic integration through private international law - recent lessons from the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and Hague Judgments ProjectChina-Australia Private International Law ForumSheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel
8 December 2018Private international law problems in respect of contractual chains and networksInternational symposium: Current issues in private international law · Doshisha UniversityDoshisha University
18 August 2018Identifying the "Natural Forum" and the "Closest Connection" in the world of smart contractsUNSW Workshop: Private International Law and Intellectual PropertyUNSW Law School Staff Common Room
26–28 July 2018Invited Panellist - Cross-Border Obstacles in ASEAN and SolutionsThe ASEAN Law Conference - The Power of OneRaffles City Convention Centre
30 April–1 May 2018Indian Ocean Rim Countries and their Economic Integration through China's One Belt One Road Initiative: Private International Law BarriersMaritime Order in the Indian Ocean Conference and Workshop · Deakin Law SchoolDeakin Downtown, Melbourne
4–6 April 2018The Compatibility of the Emergency Arbitrator under the New York Convention and Domestic LawsInternational Conference: 60 Years of the New York ConventionLoyola University Andalucia, Seville, Spain
25–29 September 2017There is no wrong in the Halcyon Isle - a confirmation from Australia!International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA XX Conference)Scandic Copenhagen Hotel, Denmark
26 February 2016Recent admiralty decisions in Hong Kong: Critical Review and AnalysisMaritime Law in the Asia Pacific Region · Victoria University of Wellington School of LawVictoria University of Wellington
15 October 2015Was The Ocean Victory [2015] EWCA Civ. 16 a disappointing judgment?8th International Conference on Maritime LawGrand Hyatt Dalian PRC
15 May 2015Revisiting Common Law Solutions to Foreign Maritime Liens19th session of the International Congress of Maritime ArbitratorsKowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong
8 November 2014Fraudulent Claims and Fraudulent Devices: Same Rules Fit All?International Conference on the Maritime Law Forum · Hong Kong Centre for Maritime and Transportation LawCity University of Hong Kong
17 October 2014The Rotterdam Rules - From the Perspective of the Hong Kong SAR as a Freight Forwarding CityUNCITRAL-UM Asia-Pacific Fall ConferenceUniversity of Macau
10 March 2014The M/V Nancy [2013] EWHC 2116 (Comm) - Revisiting a breach of warranty and a warranty of legalityHong Kong Insurance Law Association LimitedHong Kong
25–26 October 2013Marine Insurance Law in Hong Kong: English governing law clause, direct actions, and warranties6th East Asia Maritime Law ForumKorea University, South Korea
19 November 2012Proving 'fraud' in the context of marine insurance law - perspective of Hong Kong and other jurisdictions inherited the British legal traditionBIT's First World Congress of Ocean - 2012World EXPO Centre, Dalian, PRC
19 June 2012Identifying choice of law in the context of maritime torts - yet still a challenge for courts in Hong KongInternational Conference of the Association of Transport, Trade, and Service Studies (2012 ATTSS)City University of Hong Kong