Construction cases can be tricky: the record is often voluminous, the disputes - modular, and the evidence - diverse in both type and substance. In my experience, the skill that matters most to fair…
Confidentiality is one of the defining features of arbitration, but how far does that duty go—and when can information from one arbitration be used in another? In this article, we (i) examine the…
Fourteen years on from the enacting of the 2011 Decree which serves as the framework for French arbitration legislation, the work has begun to modernise the law, preserve its singularity, and enhance…
As part of the 2025 edition of the London International Disputes Week ("LIDW"), Osborne Partners, A&O Shearman and Eversheds Sutherland hosted a panel on "Arbitration in Emerging Industries (Tech,…
On 17 January 2025, Mr. Justice Miles handed down judgment in Djanogly v Djanogly [2025] EWHC 61 (Ch), a case involving a long and bitter family dispute between a son, Saul Djanogly (“Son”), and a…
The UniCredit saga has taken an unexpected turn, and the cascading legal drama shows no signs of abating. The English Court of Appeal (“EWCA”) in its recent decision dated 11th February 2025 (‘…
The freezing injunction, famously referred to as one of the law’s “nuclear weapons,” is a remedy developed for the purposes of preventing a judgment debtor (or potential judgment debtor) from…
In UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30 (UniCredit), the UK Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) could be issued by English courts in support of…
The doctrine of sovereign immunity has long been a cornerstone of international law, shielding states from enforcement actions. Sovereign immunity can be subdivided in two: immunity from jurisdiction…
