The UK Foundation for International Uniform Law

The UK Foundation for International Uniform Law is a company limited by guarantee and registered as a charity with the UK Charities Commission (charity number 111 2484). It is administered by a Trustee Board, and in its fund-raising activities it is assisted by a Development Committee consisting of a number of distinguished lawyers from this country and overseas.  For a brochure and information about the role and importance of international uniform law, click on the link to the Uniform Law Foundation, set up for similar purposes in The Netherlands.

Objects

The objects of the Foundation are the advancement of education in the field of international uniform law and comparative law, both in the United Kingdom and overseas, and the promotion and development of international uniform law. It is particularly active in supporting the work of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in Rome.

Activities

Fulfilling its educational function the Foundation held international conferences in London in February 2006 and February 2007, each hosted by the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, devoted to the 2001 Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Aircraft Protocol. Further conferences on this and other fields of international uniform law are planned.

Scholarships

The Foundation has established the following annual scholarships:

• A scholarship of £5,000 for DPhil students in the University of Oxford engaged in research in the field of international uniform law and/or comparative law relating to commercial transactions, broadly construed
• A scholarship of £5,000 for PhD students in the University of Cambridge engaged in research in either or both of the above fields
• A scholarship of £5,000  tenable at UNIDROIT for research within either or both of the above fields.

Grant

The Foundation has made a grant of £15,000 to UNIDROIT for the appointment of a research assistant to engage in research in a current UNIDROIT project of uniform law.

Trustee Board

Stephen McGairl (Chairman)
Professor Sir Roy Goode QC
Jeffrey Wool

Development Committee

Ronald DeKoven
Roy Goode QC
Anthony Grabiner QC
Arthur Marriott QC
Stephen McGairl
Guy Morton
Terence Mowschenson QC
Kathleen Nealon
V V Veeder QC
Jeffrey Wool

Hon Solicitors          

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
65 Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1HS

Donors

Anonymous
Aviareto
CMS Cameron McKenna
Deutsche Bank AG
Trans World Couriers

Sponsor us

By supporting the Foundation you will make a valuable contribution to work on uniform law to:

• contribute to reduce legal risk, particularly in cross-border transactions for which national laws have proved seriously inadequate
• promote economic growth in developing countries through the provision of a sound and stable legal regime
• help to bring about a gradual convergence of different legal cultures and traditions
• provide ready on-line access to international private law conventions, model laws, restatements and court decisions on uniform law which will be invaluable both to practising lawyers and to legal scholars
• assist in providing young lawyers with an international lawmaking perspective, thus broadening their horizons and increasing the value of their work at home

How You Can Help

You can support the Foundation by:

• making donations to the Foundation's general fund
• making capital endowments for specific projects or posts
• sponsoring projects, seminars and other events
• providing for the secondment of young lawyers to assist in research and co-ordination of project-related work
• making bequests to the Foundation by will.

If you want to help the work of the Foundation, please contact the Administrator, Lena Peters in the first instance.

The UK Foundation for International Uniform Law is a registered charity and donations made to it therefore qualify for gift aid tax deduction.