Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law:
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
This event is co-hosted with Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law and Centre for Private Law (CPL) of The University of Hong Kong.
Date & Time: March 11, 2026 (Wednesday) 11:00-12:00
Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law at The University of Hong Kong promotes legal scholarship with the aim to develop a deeper understanding of China and facilitate dialogue between East and West. For more information, visit: https://ccl.law.hku.hk/
