Market Report: Tax Litigation – Out of the shadows Dominic Carman Political pressure to crack down on evasion and Bribery Act-style powers are pushing tax disputes onto boardroom agendas, writes Dominic…
Sponsored briefing: The taxman cometh – What GCs need to know Guest Blog Nick Skerrett examines the trend of tax dispute management falling to GCs and tax litigators, as HMRC takes a tougher…
Sponsored firm profile: Simmons & Simmons Guest Blog Engaging Simmons & Simmons tax is different. We have deep strategic expertise and the experience to create a bespoke solution…
Market Report: Competition Litigation – Healthy competition Dominic Carman With the trickle of follow-on damages claims after high-profile competition investigations threatening to become a flood, Dominic Carman examines how…
Sponsored briefing: The future of competition and consumer litigation – a brave new world? Guest Blog Francesca Richmond discusses recent developments in EU competition litigation Litigation of claims to recover cartel damage is now a standard…
Market Report: IP Disputes – Strong and stable Dominic Carman Despite Brexit uncertainty with the launch of Europe’s central patent court, Dominic Carman finds plenty for IP litigators to get…
Sponsored briefing: UK courts – Open for business Guest Blog Caitlin Heard and Gareth Morgan highlight recent cases involving patent disputes to put the case forward for the UK as…
Market Report: Employment – The toughest gig in town Anna Cole-Bailey As #MeToo continues to shine an uncomfortable light on many industries, Anna Cole-Bailey looks at how its influence on employment…
Sponsored briefing: Allen & Overy horizon scans to the workplace of the future Guest Blog A Q&A with Sarah Henchoz, head of employment at Allen & Overy Sarah Henchoz is a partner and head of…
Market Report: Mediation – Coming of age Dominic Carman Twenty years on since the Woolf Reforms, Dominic Carman assesses mediation’s slow but steady march to the disputes mainstream Mediation…
Sponsored briefing: Mediation goes mainstream Guest Blog The mediators of Independent Mediators discuss the changes they have witnessed in mediation in their time in practise in the…
Sponsored firm profile: Independent Mediators Guest Blog Independent Mediators (IM) manage the practices of nine of Europe’s leading full-time civil and commercial mediators. The mediators joined forces…
Sponsored briefing: The world-class disputes space the City’s been waiting for Guest Blog A message from the chief executive of The International Arbitration Centre As London’s newest dispute resolution centre, The International Arbitration…
European Court of Justice makes landmark Brexit ruling as Fieldfisher prevails in $1.9bn Ukrainian banking dispute Tom Baker As a crunch parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks to be postponed, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)…
Disputes round-up: Simmons wins Petrofac mandate as White & Case makes key regulatory hire Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons has landed a major Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation mandate at the expense of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Simmons’…
Disputes round-up: Supreme Court loss for Pfizer as Mishcon’s Levitt QC returns to the Bar Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) client Pfizer has lost a landmark Supreme Court battle against a host of manufacturers, leaving it vulnerable…
Disputes Eye: ‘Draconian’ measures as SFO tackles privilege via the back door Tom Baker Despite the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opting in October not to pursue its much-publicised privilege appeal against ENRC any further,…
Offshore disputes: Centre of the cyclone Dominic Carman The inferno of disputes arising from the financial crisis is finally being reduced to embers. Although this may have caused…
Disputes tech: A rich market for e-discovery but predictive tools face data hurdle Tom Baker It is hard to overstate the rise in disputes-focused technology in recent years – a trend underwritten by the…
