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UK Accedes To The CPTPP: Potential Impacts On Bilateral Investment Treaties

With Mexico's approval in January 2026, the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is now binding on all parties except Canada.

Worldwide Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

International Arbitration: Time And Cost Efficiency - The ICC Commission Publishes Reports On Its Expedited Procedure Provisions

Some disputes do not warrant a lengthy and costly dispute resolution process. That is particularly the case where the issues in dispute or the facts of the matter are straightforward.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Worldwide Freezing, Tracing, And Recovery: How To Leverage The English Court's Powers When Pursuing Assets

Last year the asset freezing (Mareva) injunction, a powerful tool in commercial litigation, celebrated its 50th birthday. Fraser Mitchell, Benjamin Smith, and Nicola Thompson of Lewis Silkin reflect...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

£189m Spent, £43m On Account: The Cost Of Commercial Litigation (Municipio De Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor [2026] EWHC 73 (TCC).

The High Court's recent judgment in Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group sits firmly in the context of exceptionally large and expensive commercial group litigation. It is a reminder that, even in the most complex cases...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

UK Litigation Funding After PACCAR: The Court Of Appeal's Sony v. Neill Reset And The Legislative Waiting Game

United Kingdom Litigation

Aceris Law

UK Insurance And Professional Risks – Annual Review Of 2025

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Obvious Risks: The Beautiful Game (Lillystone V Bradgate Educational Partnership)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Brand Beckham And Wealthy Family Disputes

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

The Secret's Out: English High Court Orders Limited Disclosure Despite Arbitral Confidentiality

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Family Mediation Week 2026: A Better Path Forward For Separating Families (27 January 2026) (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Governing AI In Arbitration And The CIArb AI Guideline

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Top 5 Strategies For Resolving Business Disputes Without Litigation

United Kingdom Commercial

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Buckles Law

UK Late Payment Reform: What Does It Mean For Business?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Notification And Aggregation In Professional Indemnity Policies: Insights From Ahmed V White & Co

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Property Newsletter: Winter 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

Fidic Contracts- Human Behaviours, AI And Carbon Management

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Data Centres: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

What's Happening In UK Immigration Law In 2026?

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

Our Tech Predictions For 2026

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

When A Residuary Beneficiary Refuses To Engage: Guidance From Lowe V Daniells [2025]

The recent High Court decision in Lowe v Daniells [2025] EWHC 3297 (Ch) provides valuable guidance for personal representatives and practitioners faced with a residuary beneficiary who declines to engage...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Withers LLP

Authority At Its Limit: English Commercial Court Upholds Jurisdictional Challenge

In A1, A2 and A3 v P [2025] EWHC 3372, the English Commercial Court (Mr Justice Henshaw) partially upheld a section 67 jurisdictional challenge to an LCIA award on the basis that two out of three claimant parties...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Adjudicator's Decision Upheld Despite Natural Justice Challenges

The court enforced a true value adjudication decision despite the defendant's natural justice challenges.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Legislation To Reverse PACCAR Decision And Regulate Litigation Funding Agreements Accelerated

In a recent written statement, Minister of State for Justice announced that the Government intends to take action to "mitigate the impact of the 2023 Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

What Increased Transparency Means For Commercial Litigation - And The Case For ADR

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

English High Court Evaluates Usual Authority As Part Of Section 67 Challenge (S.67 Arbitration Act)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

UK Government To Mitigate Impact Of Supreme Court's 2023 Decision On Litigation Funding In PACCAR

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Acer, Hisense, And ASUS Are Successful In Video Coding SEP Dispute With Nokia

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Northfield Property Solutions Ltd v Dykes & Anor

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Cross-post: Commercial Court Finds No Implied Term Necessary To Give Business Efficacy Where Agreement Allocated Risk Between The Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

2025 English Commercial Arbitration Round-Up

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Government Confirms Plans To Legislate To Reverse PACCAR And Restore Clarity For Litigation Funding

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Year, New Procedures!

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

Award Review Tribunals: Novel Concept One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

2025 English Commercial Arbitration Round-Up

A round up of the most important developments in English commercial arbitration in 2025...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Government Confirms Plans To Legislate To Reverse PACCAR And Restore Clarity For Litigation Funding

The UK government has confirmed that it intends to bring forward legislation to reverse the effect of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision in PACCAR1 and to clarify in statute that litigation funding agreements (LFAs) should not be treated as damages-based agreements (DBAs).

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Year, New Procedures!

On 1 January 2026, a new two-year pilot-scheme comes into play in the High Court.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

Award Review Tribunals: Novel Concept One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality

Enacted in May 2023, the updated Nigerian Arbitration and Mediation Act ("Act") included what is widely viewed as a novel concept in international arbitration: the use of Award Review Tribunals ("ARTs").

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Using Decision Analysis In Settlement Negotiations

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Arbitration World: Efficient And Effective Proceedings – A Discussion With Two Leading Arbitrators - Part 1 (Podcast)

Declan Gallivan (Senior Associate, K&L Gates, London) speaks with two leading arbitrators, Lucy Greenwood and Klaus Reichert SC, to discuss how adjustments in the approach to the arbitration...

United Kingdom Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

Arbitration World: Efficient And Effective Proceedings – A Discussion With Two Leading Arbitrators - Part 4 (Podcast)

Declan Gallivan (Senior Associate, K&L Gates, London) speaks with two leading arbitrators, Lucy Greenwood and Klaus Reichert SC, to discuss how adjustments in the approach to the arbitration...

United Kingdom Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

International Arbitration: English Commercial Court Refuses To Grant Anti-Suit Injunction To Stop Russian Foreclosure Proceedings

In a judgment handed down on 25 November 2025, the English Commercial Court (the Court) considered an application for an anti-suit injunction (ASI)...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Growing Importance Of ADR And Why More Businesses Are Choosing It Over Litigation

Over the past decade, and especially in the years leading up to 2025, Australian businesses have increasingly turned to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve commercial disagreements.

United Kingdom Litigation

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IR Global

Tech Litigation On The Rise: Key Dispute Trends Across The TMT Sector

United Kingdom Technology

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Alvarez & Marsal

The Hague Judgments Convention 2019 Enters Into Force In The UK: What It Means For Cross-Border Litigation

United Kingdom Litigation

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CANDEY

The Inter-play Between English Law And Islamic Law – Am I Legally Married?

United Kingdom Family

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Gardner Leader

Court Of Appeal Recasts "Red Hand Doctrine" As The "Onerous Clause Doctrine"

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods

United Kingdom Litigation

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Burness Paull

Confidentiality In Clinical Trials: Arbitration As The Preferred Route For Dispute Resolution

United Kingdom Litigation

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Browne Jacobson

The Life Cycle Of A Construction Dispute: An Expert Perspective

United Kingdom Litigation

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Alvarez & Marsal

Letting The Light In: Third Party Access To Court Documents

United Kingdom Litigation

BP

Burness Paull

Fast And FOSFA-rious: English Commercial Court Considers Time Limits For Section 69 Challenge Of FOSFA Appeal Award

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Can A Condition Precedent Be Deemed Satisfied By A Defendant's Breach?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

Building Credibility: Witness Evidence In Construction Claims

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

More Court Documents To Be Accessible By Non-Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Supreme Court Finds There Is No Principle In English Law That A Condition Precedent To Payment Of A Debt Will Be Deemed Fulfilled If Fulfilment Was Prevented By A Party's Own Breach

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Good Divorce Week 2025: How Mediation Helps (10 November 2025)

United Kingdom Family

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Joint Ventures In The Clean Energy Sector: Resolving Deadlocks (Part 1) – Continuing The Joint Venture

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

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Family Mediation Week 2026: A Better Path Forward For Separating Families (27 January 2026) (Video)

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

In Conversation With Kevin Nash: The LCIA And The Future Of Institutional Arbitration (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Higgs LLP In Conversation With Nicholas Georgevic, Chairman Of Scrivens (Video)

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Higgs LLP

Design And Design Life: Understanding Your Obligations (Video)

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Family Law Webinar: The 99%ers: What Do Real Net Worth Clients Need? The Voice Of A Child | Series Three | Part One (Video)

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Bindmans LLP

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