Registration has opened for the International Bar Association conference on Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Africa coming up in Accra, Ghana on the 15-16 November 2018. According to Anthony Atata, the Vice Chair of the IBA-African regional forum,the conference is organised by the IBA African Regional Forum and the IBA Litigation Committee. The conference will be held at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra. To register, click here or visit https://www.ibaafricaconference.org/2018/ Conference Programme Day 1 , Thursday November 15, 2018 WORKING PROGRAMME 08:00 – 09:00 – Registration 09:10 – 09:20 – Welcome Address and Keynote Address 09:20 – 09:30 – Introduction to the IBA and IBA Litigation Committee Panel 09:30 – 10:30 – The Changing Law Firm Model and Litigation The session will discuss whether traditional litigation practice model in Africa based on the individual litigator, the “chambers” system and solo practice will survive the evolving trend of globalization and growth of specialized practice 10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee/Tea Break Panel 11:00 – 12:30 – OHADA, Foreign Dispute Resolution Centres and Africa Has the advent of OHADA in francophone Africa enhanced the resolution of business disputes? What are the matters arising and lessons learnt? Is Africa losing out to foreign dispute resolution centres as a result of the delays in the resolution of business disputes? Panel 12:30 – 13:00 – The IBA Guidelines on Party Representation: Should it be implemented in Africa now or in the distant future? 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Topical Issues Panel 14:00 – 15:30 – Procedures and the rules of court in a digital world: what is new and what should African lawyers be doing 15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break 16:00 – 17:30 – The Judgment Project – Lessons in overcoming the challenges of enforcement of judgments and awards in Africa 17:30 – Closing 19.00 – Opening Party Conference Programme Day 2 , Friday November 16, 2018 WORKING PROGRAMME 08:30 – 09:30 – Plenary The impact of technology and artificial intelligence – how it is impacting on the law and litigation: Is Africa lagging behind and will it replace the litigation or enhance the litigator’s role? 10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:30 – Breakout Session Session 1 – Prosecuting corrupt officials and chasing stolen cash: Asset tracing strategies and the case of Western Finance Institutions and Investment Havens Session 2 – Is judicial corruption and incompetence under mining confidence in the Judiciary in Africa? 12:30 – 13:00 – Intellectual Property and technology related litigation – what is required? Presentation followed by Q&A 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Break 14:00 – 15:30 – Specialized interest litigation Sessions Litigating construction contracts: basic flaws, lessons and matters arising Lecture / Panel Human rights and public interest litigation Public interest is critical to the survival of any society but is the lack of the courts and funding sources driving lawyers away from public interest litigation? What can be done to generate interest? Oil and Gas 15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break 16:00 – 17:30 – Plenary – Panel Preparing for the future: Will the rise of written advocacy in the arbitration fora kill oral advocacy? Training the future advocate: Are African law regulators and law schools adopting the right approach to training and preparing African litigation practitioners for the digital age? 17:30 – Closing]]>

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