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Corporate Governance Snapshot launched - Climate-related reporting for listed companies

United Kingdom - February 18 2021 We have launched our first Corporate Governance Snapshot which is available here; this Snapchat covers the new mandatory climate-related reporting by…

High Court confirms jurisdiction to order disclosure under Disclosure Pilot Scheme not confined to issues identifiable from statements of case

United Kingdom - January 22 2021 The High Court has confirmed that it has jurisdiction to order disclosure of specific documents under the Disclosure Pilot Scheme, even where the…

Terminating your contract: when can you call it quits? Contract disputes practical guides issue 8, December 2020

United Kingdom - December 9 2020 Parties to commercial contracts may wish to exit their contractual arrangements for all sorts of reasons. In many cases, they will have included in…

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution publishes report on best practice lessons between Singapore and the UK

Singapore, United Kingdom - November 10 2020 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution (the “APPG”) has recently published a report titled ‘Securing the UK’s position…

LIBOR Transition Status Update: October 2020

United Kingdom - October 14 2020 The cessation of the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) at the end of 2021 has long been an issue vexing the global financial services industry…

How to calculate a GDPR fine - the proposed ICO way

United Kingdom - October 13 2020 The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK (the “ICO”) has published for consultation its draft statutory guidance setting out how it will…

Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements comes into force tomorrow, 12 September 2020

Global - September 11 2020 Tomorrow marks an important day for international dispute resolution as the Singapore Mediation Convention comes into force, just over a year after…

Ghana becomes the 53rd country to sign the Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements

Singapore - August 4 2020 On 22 July 2020, the Republic of Ghana became the 53rd country to sign the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting…

Schrems II: Reaction from European Regulators and Technology Companies Suggest an Uncomfortable Road Ahead for Transatlantic Data Transfers

European Union - July 24 2020 To recap, last week, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled that the Privacy Shield is invalid and placed significant emphasis on the due…

Annulment of al kharafi v. Libya arbitral award by Cairo court of appeal

France - July 16 2020 On 3 June 2020, the Cairo Court of Appeal set aside a US$ 1 billion investment treaty award arising out of a dispute between a Kuwaiti construction…

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