Seminar: Interim Remedies – Commonalities and Differences in Common Law and Civil Law
25 September 2026 (in-person and online)
Speakers
We are truly honoured that the keynote speech will be delivered by Mr Justice Henshaw (Judge in Charge of the London Commercial Court). Other speakers include Professors Xandra Kramer (Private Law) and Gerard Meijer (Arbitration & Dispute Resolution), both at Erasmus School of Law (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). See their profiles below.
Moderator
The seminar will be moderated by Judge Duco Oranje (President of the Netherlands Commercial Court of Appeal).
Date – Time – Location
Friday, 25 September 2026
4 PM to 5:45 PM Amsterdam time (CEST), followed by drinks at the court restaurant overlooking the city of Amsterdam
Location: Netherlands Commercial Court (courtroom 10)
IJdok 20, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Participants from abroad and Dutch lawyers from outside of the Amsterdam area may apply to join online. However, please note the following:
- the online platform does not allow asking questions to the speakers directly; this must be done by email which may result in a delay;
- the drinks in the court restaurant are obviously only available to courtroom attendees.
Language
English
Registration
To register, send an email to the NCC (NCC@rechtspraak.nl- You are leaving Rechtspraak.nl) with the following particulars:
Will attend in-person: *YES/NO (please select an option for attendance; if NO, you will receive a link to the live stream)
First name:
Surname:
Job title:
Name of law firm/company/university/other:
Registrations will be processed on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
The seminar will be in English. Registration is free of charge. A certificate of attendance may be provided upon request.
Programme
| 4:00 PM | Introductory comments Judge Duco Oranje (President of the Netherlands Commercial Court of Appeal) |
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| 4:05 PM | Keynote speech on interim remedies in the UK Mr Justice Henshaw, Judge in Charge of the London Commercial Court |
| 4:30 PM | Introductory remarks on interim remedies in the Dutch courts and in arbitration Professors Xandra Kramer and Gerard Meijer (Erasmus School of Law) |
| 5:00 PM | Interactive session with the moderator (Judge Oranje) asking questions to the speakers and relaying questions from the audience |
| 5:30 PM | Presentation of the book “Private International Law: A Step-by-Step Approach” by Mr Willem Visser, Registrar of the Netherlands Commercial Court |
| 5:45 PM | Drinks at the court restaurant (until 7 PM at the latest) |
Speakers’ profiles
Mr Justice Henshaw qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and practised in commercial litigation at Linklaters. He was called to the Bar in 2000 and joined Brick Court Chambers, where he specialised in commercial and litigation and arbitration, public and EU law. He was appointed a QC (now KC) in 2013 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2017. He became one of the judges of the London Commercial Court in 2017. He is authorised to sit in cases in the Commercial and Administrative Courts, and also sits in criminal cases in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Since 2024 he is the Judge in Charge of the London Commercial Court.
Professor Xandra Kramer is a Professor of Private Law at Erasmus School of Law (Rotterdam) and Professor of Private International Law at Utrecht University. She has published numerous articles and books on civil justice and private international law. She is an elected member of the Institute de Droit International and serves on the Council of the European Law Institute.
Professor Gerard Meijer is a Professor of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Erasmus School of Law. He regularly writes about arbitration for leading publications and contributes commentaries. Gerard is also a partner at Linklaters LLP and a board member of the International Federation for Investment Law & Arbitration, a member of the Advisory Board of the Dutch Arbitration Institute, and a member of the Netherlands ICC Arbitration Commission.
Judge Duco Oranje joined the Amsterdam Bar in 1985, working in an international law practice at Clifford Chance including arbitration, insolvency, corporate law and banking law. He acted as an arbitrator in international ICC arbitrations. He has served as a judge in the Amsterdam Court of Appeal since 2010, focusing on commercial matters, mainly corporate and banking. He is the President of the NCC Court of Appeal.
Willem Visser studied Private Law at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). Since his graduation he has been in the employ of the Dutch Judiciary, drafting judgments in complex civil cases, in particular in the area of private international law. He published several articles and gave several webinars on this area of law.
In 2019, he became the Registrar of the Netherlands Commercial Court (based in Amsterdam). In this capacity, he oversees the general operations of the court and drafts judgments in English. During his 20+ years of serving the Judiciary he was appointed member of several national judicial expert groups, including the Expert Group on European Private Law which he continues to serve.