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Could India match or even exceed Singapore’s rise in the arbitration space? Saurabh Bhagotra investigates

Can an arbitration award be recognised & enforced against a UK consumer? Charlotte Hill reports

Is an arbitration award relating to a cryptocurrency exchange contract recognisable and enforceable against a UK consumer? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Charlotte Hill, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper, considers a recent case in the commercial court, Payward Inc v Chechetkin

The Law Commission has recommended a series of reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996, including extending immunity so that arbitrators are protected from liability when they resign or are removed.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has announced that a webinar on the UK’s intention to ratify the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Convention) will take place at 10 am on 21 June 2023.

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has unveiled updates from its flagship symposium on 19–21 May 2023.

On 19 April 2023, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, delivered a speech at the McNair Lecture on the challenges and opportunities for London as a pre-eminent dispute resolution centre.

Jon Felce and Mikhail Vishnyakov discuss proposed changes to the Arbitration Act 1996

The London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAB) has invited Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) professionals to participate in their latest survey.

The government has committed itself to ratifying the Singapore Convention on Mediation, in a move welcomed by the legal profession

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NLJ this week: Employment law’s fine margins

From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act

NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?

Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection

NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope

Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961

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Arbitration

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown