For all the left hooks and jabs Brexit has been swinging, London has been floating like a butterfly in and around all of them, successfully defending its title as one of the top 5 choices ...

The nonpartisan Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, established pursuant to an Executive Order in February, issued its report, outlining more than 50 recommendations for the next Administration.

When conducting Arbitral proceedings, certain circumstances arise that may require either party to seek interim relief or measures of protection to secure a party's or both parties' interests and to prevent the other party from engaging in acts that may frustrate the successful outcome of the Arbitration.

Last week the UK's new Arbitration Act 2025 (the "Act") received Royal Assent. In this update, we summarise the background to the Act and the main changes emerging from it.

Parties engaged in international business transactions are increasingly opting for arbitration rather than traditional courtroom litigation to resolve their disputes. According to a survey by Queen Mary.

This article provides information to better manage Privacy and Data Protection.

Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies...

Halliwells, the client, as respondent in an adjudication, invited the RICS-nominated adjudicator to withdraw for lack of jurisdiction and denied liability for his fees and expenses.

Financial institutions are under growing pressure to deliver accurate, timely, and bilingual regulatory disclosures. Increased regulatory complexity means 2025's...

The decades to come promise to be even worse.

As artificial intelligence ("AI") tools become increasingly integrated into legal practice, their use by arbitrators is no longer a theoretical possibility but a practical reality.

"One of the few reported judgments relating to the NEC form of contract" as the Con LR Editors remark. It concerns the relationship between HGCR Act adjudication provisions and the dispute resolution provisions of the (amended) NEC contract used for a sewage works project.

Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies under the Investment Company...

Discussions at Guernsey's Funds Forum 2024 centred around fundraising methods in a challenging environment, the rise of secondary markets, and the emergence of tokenisation and digital assets.

See “YCMS v Grabiner” under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on exceeding slip rule by recalculation, invalidating adjudicator’s decision.

PC Harrington Contractors Ltd v Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd [2008] CILL 2544 TCC A sub-contract on the Wembley Stadium project contained provisions for interim payments. Following a dispute between main contractor Multiplex and concrete sub-contractor Harrington, Multiplex referred the matter to adjudication. Harrington argued that on the figures which it claimed were established, it should start the adjudication with £2.3 million in hand and claimed a declaration to that effect.

Asia's most popular arbitration institutions, CIETAC, SIAC, and HKIAC, have all revised their arbitration rules in the last 2 years. These revisions have sought to introduce new...

Reed Smith's Niyati Ahuja interviews Eric Ives – Attorney Advisor, International at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel's Commercial Law Development Program ...

This article analyzes the complex and emerging Mexican regulation governing the acquisition of distressed businesses.