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Dear Colleagues:
Thank
you so much for the tremendous support you have given to the
Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop over these past nine (9)
years. Because of
your support, the Faculty of Law, University of the
West Indies
, has hosted nine (9) very successful Commercial Law Workshops
over the years. Indeed,
you have made the Annual Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop the
premier commercial law event in the
Caribbean
. And your support
has not ended there. Last
year, you also supported the Faculty’s Inaugural
Caribbean & Central America Law Practice Management
Workshop, which was held in the
Cayman Islands
. That event
turned out to be a resounding success.
The Faculty of Law therefore has so much for which to
thank you. We are
indeed deeply appreciative of your support.
I
now write to invite you to join us this year, August 17th
to 19th, in
Port of Spain
,
Trinidad
, in celebrating the Tenth (10th) Anniversary of
the Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop.
Simply, the Faculty aims to make the 10th
Annual Commercial Law Workshop the best ever.
The
Faculty has never held the Workshop in
Trinidad
, the centre of commerce and industry in the Commonwealth
Caribbean. Also,
we have not explored the topic of “Oil and Gas” at any of
our previous Workshops. It
is therefore fitting that we should celebrate the 10th
Anniversary of the Commercial Law Workshop in
Port of Spain
, the capital city of industry, commerce and financial
services in the Commonwealth Caribbean.
This
year, in addition to “Oil and Gas”, the Workshop would
explore, as one of its major themes among others, the subject
of “Private International Law and Commercial Litigation”.
The increasing volume of commercial litigation in the
Region, growing out of cross-border transactions, has made an
in-depth exploration of the subject mandatory.
In evidence of the critical importance of the subject,
one needs only to cite the proposed establishment
of a
Commercial Law Court
in
Tortola
, BVI, as part of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
So we are pleased to announce that Mr. Bryan Finlay,
QC, and his partner Mr. Frank Walwyn of WeirFoulds LLP,
Toronto, Canada, along with our own Professor Winston
Anderson, the holder of the Professorial Chair in Private
International Law in
the Faculty of Law, will lead off the discussion on this very
important subject. And,
as part of this general theme, we would hope to explore the
subject of Cross Border Insolvency.
But
we have saved the best for last: the actual venue of this
year’s Commercial Law Workshop.
The venue for the Workshop, in the tradition to which
you have now become accustomed, is the splendid Five-Star
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, located on the waterfront in
Port of Spain
,
Trinidad
. It is a blessing
that this Hotel would have come into being in the year of the
10th Anniversary of the Caribbean Commercial Law
Workshop, thus affording us the opportunity to celebrate this
important milestone in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Colleagues,
I look forward to extending to you a glorious welcome at the
Opening of the 10th Annual Caribbean Commercial Law
Workshop, on the evening of August 17th, 2008, at
the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in
Port of Spain
.
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For registration
information please contact:
Ms. Lorna
Payne,
University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill
Campus, Cave Hill, St. Michael Barbados, W.I.
Tel:
(246) 417 4220
Fax: (246) 424-1788 Email:
lpayne@uwichill.edu.bb
©
2008. Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop. Produced by the
Faculty of Law, University of the West Indie
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