The episode explores the pros and cons of private sports arbitrations, balancing public interest with party privacy, and addressing the challenges of leaked information in high-profile cases.

How do solicitors, barristers and expert witnesses best work together in business valuation disputes to get the best outcome for our clients? On 8 November 2022,...

The judgment offers useful guidance on the scope of applications under s. 45 Arbitration Act 1996, a provision little used in practice.

In January, Mr Justice Chamberlain granted permission for Al-Haq's case to proceed to a rolled-up hearing. The trial has now been listed to take place over four days from 12 May 2025.

Mr Justice Chamberlain has granted permission to Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organisation, to proceed to a rolled-up 3-4 day hearing of its challenge to the government's decision to continue granting licences.

Enforcing arbitral awards against sovereign States presents complex strategic and practical challenges, particularly when navigating sovereign immunity arguments, cross-border asset identification, and multi-jurisdictional enforcement proceedings. A recent London International Disputes Week discussion examined these issues through the lens of the landmark Zhongshan v. Nigeria case, where a Chinese investor successfully secured and enforced a USD 70 million investment arbitration award against an African Sta

The Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has ruled to dismiss in their entirety claims made by Palladyne International Asset Management (PIAM) ...

In a world where we can no longer host in person events without following all of the latest government guidelines on social distancing, use of face masks and providing a bucket-load of hand...

We are delighted to share with you the latest issue of the publication from the Herbert Smith Freehills Global Arbitration Practice.

This collection explores critical developments across multiple sectors including sports regulation, AI infrastructure, consumer financial health, cybersecurity threats, healthcare compliance, and banking model risk management.

The UK decision confirms the NZ approach but also reflects a reluctance to uphold allegations of apparent judicial bias.

"Maxwellisation", the process by which a person (actual or legal) who is the subject of criticism in a public inquiry is given an opportunity to make representations, has become a controversial topic.

The topics covered in this paper are considered in detail in the book Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave.

Environmental, social and corporate governance (collectively referred to as ESG) is generally used to describe criteria or standards by which companies can be measured with respect to a broad range of...