Comparison of Choice of Law Rules in Non-contractual Obligations Between England and Hong Kong

Date & Time: March 11, 2026 (Wednesday) 11:00-12:00

Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Abstract:

The choice of law rules in non-contractual obligations in England post BREXIT are those of the Rome II Regulation (EU). Hong Kong broadly uses the common law double-actionability test with exceptions. Choice of law for non-contractual obligations is notoriously contested but increasingly commercially significant. Double-actionability has been recently under scrutiny in the Privy Council case of Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd v Ivanishvili [2025] UKPC 5. This talk examines the ways in which the different regimes in England and Hong Kong approach similar cases.

Speaker： Professor Pippa Rogerson

Pippa is a Professor in Private International Law in the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University. Her research interests lie mostly in international commercial litigation before the English courts. She is currently writing a revised edition of Collier on the Conflict of Laws.

Pippa has been variously Lecturer in law and Director of Law Tripos in the Law Faculty, and Director of Studies in Law and Master at Gonville & Caius College. Her first degree was in economics and law from Cambridge. Before returning to take a PhD in law, Pippa qualified as a solicitor in a “magic circle” London law firm.

Discussant:

Zhao Yun, Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Chair:

Weixia Gu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

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