[Webinar] Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 1965 Service Convention

Overview

The Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Service Convention) provides for the channels of transmission to be used when a judicial or extrajudicial document is to be transmitted from one Contracting Party to the Service Convention to another Contracting Party for service in the latter. Together with other HCCH Conventions for cross-border dispute resolution, such as the HCCH 1970 Evidence and 2019 Judgments Conventions, the Service Convention is part of a full suite of solutions to facilitate the resolution of disputes across borders and in turn the flow of commerce.

The third joint webinar between the Asian Business Law Institute and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is expected to cover, among others:

• An introduction of the Service Convention;

• How the Service Convention works in conjunction with other HCCH Conventions for cross-border dispute resolution;

• Operation of the Service Convention in practice; and
• Singapore’s accession to the Service Convention – drivers, considerations, and implementation

The speakers for this session are Sara Chisholm-Batten, Partner, Michelmores LLP (London, United Kingdom), Melissa Ford, Secretary, Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Delphia Lim, 2Director, International Legal Division, Ministry of Law (Singapore), and Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (Singapore).