Organisation: House of Lords

Indian practitioner Rishab Gupta is leaving Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, where he led the firm's arbitration practice in Mumbai, to join Twenty Essex.

27 October 2022

The former deputy chair of the UK’s Conservative Party Lord Ashcroft has once again threatened to bring a treaty claim against Belize, this time over his company’s investment in a proposed port terminal.

01 September 2022

Simon Chapman QC and Charlotte Benton of Herbert Smith Freehills discuss their recent success before the Hong Kong Court of Appeal on the issue of pre-conditions to arbitration, and what the practical consequences of this decision are for users around the world.  

14 June 2022

In a keynote speech at GAR Live London, Lord Mance gave an overview of problems affecting international arbitration in London, including how to deal with arbitrator conflicts of interest and confidentiality following the UK Supreme Court decision in Halliburton v Chubb; and "the outside world... making itself felt" through state-imposed sanctions.

17 May 2022

Readers are invited to join us next week for GAR Live London, which will feature a keynote from Lord Mance on the effect of sanctions on international arbitration and discussions on disclosure and confidentiality.

04 May 2022

Leading public international lawyer Alain Pellet and Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle have withdrawn from Russia’s counsel team in a set of state-to-state disputes with Ukraine.

01 March 2022

Three former UK Supreme Court judges-turned-arbitrators and a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton have taken leave of absence from the country's upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, because of a "problematic" new requirement that members declare work and earnings from foreign states.

10 February 2022

Lise Johnson is joining Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle as counsel in London after almost a decade at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), where she served as head of investment law and policy.

30 November 2021

The UK Privy Council has confirmed that common law courts can grant freezing injunctions against parties over whom they have personal jurisdiction to aid enforcement of foreign judgments.

06 October 2021

In a keynote for GAR Connect Moscow, LCIA director general Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof discussed the pressure sanctions and the heightened regulatory framework put on arbitrators, as they strive to maintain their independence and impartiality and deliver justice.

21 May 2021