Disputes Yearbook 2015

Introduction

• Leader: A challenging time for disputes teams in a polarised market
• Economic recovery will not lead to decline in the disputes sector

Opening Statements

• The specialist court the City needs
• Legal privilege: the ripples flow on still from Three Rivers

Features

• Undisputed – the next generation of partners setting the disputes agenda
• Calling time at the Bar – Quality fears for English judges are growing as top QCs turn away from the bench
• The fix – how to resolve the tensions at the heart of modern arbitration
• The US disputes outlook – After the feast

Pespectives

• Mark Howard QC
• Emmanuel Gaillard
• Sir Bernard Eder

Market views

• Commercial Dispute Resolution Survey
• Latham & Watkins: Masterminding a fraud claim – the English courts as a magnet forum?
• CMS: Crowdfunding litigation – power to the people?
• Harneys: British Virgin Islands positioned to become an international arbitration centre
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan: Party-appointed arbitrators, impartiality and a perceived need for change
• Signature Litigation: Legal privilege: far from resolved
• Signature Litigation: Policing arbitration – can accountability deficit be addressed?
• Travers Smith: CPR 36: time for a re-boot?
• Mishcon de Reya: The dangers of repeat appointments
• Jasbir Dhillon QC: Freezing injunctions and receivership in support of arbitration