Starting this semester, the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) at Juridicum Stockholms universitet has the privilege of hosting Robin Ollus as guest researcher. Ollus is joining us from the University of Helsinki and specialises in arbitration law. His doctoral research focuses on the arbitral tribunal's competence to handle allegations and suspicions of criminal conduct in international commercial arbitration. Moreover, the research strives to assess how the function and principles of criminal procedure affect the arbitral procedure when handling such allegations as part of a contractual or non-contractual dispute. As the main method of the research, a comparison of international [...]

Yesterday, a well-attended seminar was held at the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) on preparedness and resilience - particularly on operational crisis management. During the seminar, discussions were held on how the legal framework can be used to improve the conditions for payment systems, capital supply, and risk management to function during a major crisis. Special attention was given to a current legislative proposal for a new function for operational crisis management aimed at handling severe operational disruptions in the financial system. Aron Verständig opened with a background on the legislative proposal. Maria Lundström explained the role and [...]