United Kingdom: International Law

The UPC Court of Appeal has issued guidance on exercising international jurisdiction over European Patents from non-UPC countries, establishing that principles of comity must govern how validity and infringement issues are determined.

As multilateral systems face growing strain and institutional legitimacy faces fundamental challenges, this session examines how international law is made, contested and enforced when major powers selectively invoke norms and traditional governance anchors lose influence. The discussion maps structural challenges confronting international law and asks whether states should rebuild institutions, create new ones or rethink the foundations of global governance.

The session was supported by the UK Ministry of Justice's GREAT Legal Services campaign and featured a keynote address from Mark Evans, President of the Law Society of England and Wales.

As businesses reconfigure operations across Asia amid escalating trade barriers, export controls, and supply-chain disruption, leading organizations are fundamentally rethinking how they approach risk management. Rather than treating risk as a damage-limitation exercise, forward-thinking companies are embedding it as a core design principle that shapes capital allocation, network architecture, and strategic positioning across the region.

This weekly update examines the latest developments in UK sanctions enforcement, including a landmark arms trafficking conviction and new regulatory guidance from OFSI on Russian sanctions compliance.

British armed forces have detained the shadow fleet oil tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel, marking the UK's first independent seizure of such a vessel.

The UK government has issued its largest-ever financial sanctions penalty against a technology firm for breaches related to Russian sanctions, while simultaneously expanding its sanctions regime with 70 new designations targeting...

This weekly update examines the latest developments in UK sanctions enforcement, including a landmark arms trafficking conviction and new regulatory guidance from OFSI on Russian sanctions compliance.

The UK's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has imposed a £1 million penalty on Sabre Global Technologies Limited for continuing to provide services to a designated Russian airline after sanctions were imposed.