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This comprehensive guide examines the procedural framework of LCIA arbitration from commencement through enforcement, analyzing strategic decisions at each stage including tribunal formation, document production, interim relief mechanisms, and cost allocation.

A High Court ruling examines a contentious dispute between a video game developer and publisher over milestone-based funding and "step in" rights for the first-person shooter Six Days in Fallujah. With over $50 million in development costs at stake and allegations of conspiracy to acquire proprietary source code, the court declined to grant either party interim control of the game's development, leaving both sides without the "keys to the kingdom" pending a full trial.

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion over 10 years to settle claims by 52 US state and territory attorneys general in the largest state consumer-protection settlement in American history outside tobacco. The settlement imposes binding child-safety obligations including time limits and age assurance, but leaves the core algorithmic feed unchanged and raises questions about whether this represents genuine accountability or a commercially managed outcome.

Although the new UK Bribery Act 2010 (the "Bribery Act") is similar in many respects to the existing anti-bribery provisions of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (as amended) ("FCPA"), overall, the Bribery Act is considered to be broader and more robust than the FCPA.

The decision makes it very clear that the consequences for lawyers who breach their professional obligations by misusing AI are likely to be serious.

During a criminal investigation, there will often be a vast amount of information obtained and considered by the police. When charges are brought, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may disclose some of this information as evidence, serving it as witness statements and exhibits.

The Commercial Court ruled on a USD 29 million dispute over an LNG carrier charterparty's index-linked pricing formula, determining whether the "JKM-TTF spread" operated bidirectionally or only when JKM exceeded TTF. The decision examines how unprecedented market conditions—where European gas prices surged above Asian prices due to the Ukraine war—tested the contractual formula's application and whether rectification could remedy an alleged drafting oversight.

A split-second decision can change lives forever. In one-punch manslaughter cases, a single impulsive blow, perhaps thrown in anger, fear or misguided bravado, leads to a tragic death. These ‘death by a single punch’ incidents are more common in the UK than many realise. Dozens of families every year are left devastated, with one family grieving an unimaginable loss, and another family shocked and fearful as their loved one faces a homicide investigation for an outcome no one intended. It’s a tragic reality, one moment of anger, one fatal assault involving a single blow, and two lives (and families) ruined.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Logix Aero Ireland Ltd v Siam Aero Repair Co Ltd. The issue related to whether the intervention of a fraudster broke the chain of causation in a breach of contract claim.

The High Court of England and Wales is undergoing one of its most significant structural reforms in recent decades, with the historic Chancery Division being replaced by a newly created Business and Property Division.

In a significant commercial dispute, Trafigura secured a final mandatory anti-suit injunction compelling SONARA to discontinue proceedings in Cameroon that sought to suspend payment under a Letter of Credit following a quality dispute. The case centered on whether SONARA's Limbe court proceedings fell within an exception to an exclusive English jurisdiction clause for interim relief, or whether they improperly attempted to subvert the agreed 'pay now, argue later' risk allocation mechanism.

In Tonzip Maritime Ltd v 2Rivers Pte Ltd (The "Catalan Sea") [2025] EWHC 2036 (Comm), the High Court has provided guidance on the interpretation of charterparty sanctions clauses...

The Court of Appeal has resolved two previously undetermined questions under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules: whether proceedings brought solely to obtain security constitute a "suit" for time bar purposes, and what must be stated on a bill of lading for cargo to qualify as "deck cargo" excluded from the Rules' application. These issues arose in a dispute over alleged misdelivery of timber cargo aboard the TAIKOO BRILLIANCE.

Quadrant Chambers was delighted to host an International Arbitration Review of the Year.

Demurrage time-bar clauses often cause problems for unsuspecting shipowners who have otherwise valid demurrage claims.

On 19 February 2021 the Supreme Court delivered a seminal judgment in the first appeal in a collision to come before the highest court since the mid 1970s

This morning, 5 October 2020, Sir Nigel Teare handed down judgment in a three-handed collision dispute: Sakizaya Kalon & Osios David v Panamax Alexander [2020] EWHC 2604 (Admlty).

Following a 50 day trial in the Commercial Court in the Russian Aircraft Lessor Policy Claims, on 11 June 2025, Mr Justice Butcher handed down judgment, ruling in favour of the Claimant lessors...

This article was first published in International Corporate Rescue by Chase Cambria.

Antisuit injunctions have been keeping the Commercial Court Judges very busy for the last two years. They are frequently sought in particular to restrain cargo receivers from commencing proceedings against carriers under bills of lading in foreign jurisdictions.