Masood Ahmed
Lecturer
Masood Ahmed is associate professor at the University of Leicester and a member of the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Committee.
Lecturer
Masood Ahmed is associate professor at the University of Leicester and a member of the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Committee.
What are the costs penalties when a defendant won’t mediate? Masood Ahmed & Sanjay Dave Singh consider the case law
Masood Ahmed & Raghad Hamed examine fraud as a serious irregularity under the Arbitration Act 1996
A recent case gives clarity on arbitral awards & stay of execution: Masood Ahmed & Osman Mohammed report
Masood Ahmed & Lal Akhter discuss lawyers’ responsibilities in the age of AI hallucinations
Masood Ahmed & Osman Mohammed consider whether states must give express consent to waive their immunity
Lal Akhter & Masood Ahmed discuss judicial guidance on staying proceedings in breach of an arbitration agreement
Agency fees or expert fees? Masood Ahmed & Lal Akhter clarify the rules surrounding fees paid to a medical reporting organisation when assessing costs
To arbitrate or to litigate? Masood Ahmed & Syed Ali explore the courts’ approach to unilateral option clauses both at home & abroad
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams
Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant
Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias
International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner
Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven
Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth
NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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