OxJournal12/5/2025

Spiliada and the Digital Age: Modernisation of the Forum Non Conveniens Test in International Commercial Litigation

Elina Aliyeva, Carolina Cortés Caballero, Om Devulapalli, Aleksandra Druzhinina and Rani Gale
The Spiliada test is central to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. This paper argues that the Spiliada test needs significant reform to establish criterion based on justice rather than geographical factors so that the doctrine aligns with the demands of 21st-century legal conflicts.