Travers Smith: CPR 36: time for a re-boot?
Jan-Jaap Baer Partner, Travers Smith Emma Reynolds Associate, Travers Smith In April this year, CPR 36 underwent the latest in…
Disputes
Mishcon de Reya: The dangers of repeat appointments
Karel Daele Partner, Mishcon de Reya karel.daele@mishcon.com The issue of repeat appointments has been news in International Centre for Settlement…
Legal privilege: the ripples flow on still from Three Rivers
Colin Passmore assesses a key ruling in the increasingly contentious area of legal privilege. In June this year, the Hong…
Jasbir Dhillon QC: Freezing injunctions and receivership in support of arbitration
Jasbir Dhillon QC Brick Court Chambers A frequently encountered problem for any claimant in international arbitration arises where the respondent…
Q&A: Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC on the Bar, the challenges of nature and London’s status as a disputes hub
Having attended Legal Business’s first International Arbitration Summit in September to debate issues on investor-state disputes, Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC…
Mishcon de Reya hires Enyo Law partner in ongoing disputes push
After having left Addleshaw Goddard in 2010 to join high-end disputes boutique Enyo Law, partner Annabel Thomas (pictured) is returning…
Headlines and hype but less substance despite foreign firms’ push into Asia disputes market
Tony Lin argues that Asia’s small and politicised litigation market won’t deliver on the hopes many international law firms are…
Perspectives: Jan Paulsson, Three Crowns
I didn’t start school until I was 13. I grew up in Liberia and it was wonderful growing up in…
Perspectives: Gary Born, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
I grew up on a military base, I was an army brat in what was then West Germany, and they…
Disputes Yearbook 2014
Introduction Leader The Disputes Dilemma Litigation Disputes overview: Martial Law Perspectives: Simon Davis, Clifford Chance Arbitration Perspectives: Jan Paulsson, Three…
Disputes overview: Martial Law
The post-banking crisis boom in litigation has put disputes work back at the centre of global law. As the economy…
The Movie Business
MARKET VIEW – ARBITRATION Freshfields’ head of international arbitration, Lucy Reed, talks to Singapore International Arbitration Centre chief executive, Lim…
Global 100 Arbitration Focus – Battle for the City
London has established an increasingly powerful position as a global arbitration hub. But does it have the facilities to drive…
Revolution on a shoe string
Quinn Emanuel’s no-frills, high-end approach to law has re-written the rules on what US advisers can achieve in London after…