Ian Gascoigne
Professional Support Lawyer
Ian Gascoigne is a member of the Dispute Resolution team at LexisNexis. He was formerly a litigation partner in two law firms based in the City of London.
Professional Support Lawyer
Ian Gascoigne is a member of the Dispute Resolution team at LexisNexis. He was formerly a litigation partner in two law firms based in the City of London.
As the courts juggle the principles of open justice & confidentiality, a piecemeal approach to privacy has emerged: Ian Gascoigne asks whether a simpler, more predictable system is overdue
In the era of AI, what’s real & what’s not in the courtroom? Ian Gascoigne examines the growing issue of faked evidence
Ian Gascoigne explains how judges have shaped this simple but sometimes ‘inadequate’ test
Ian Gascoigne looks to the Admiralty to scrutinise the role of court-appointed assessors
No one needs to prove the existence of the Beatles. But other ‘facts’ aren’t so obvious, writes Ian Gascoigne in the first of a series of two articles on assessors & judicial notice
How can the courts determine the extent of economic loss due to financial downturns in a tort claim? Ian Gascoigne discusses the challenges of striking the right balance
Predicting the future: 2015 in commercial disputes, by Ian Gascoigne
Ian Gascoigne & Nicola Daniels consider international dimensions to the service conundrum
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney
Set creates new client and business development role amid growth
Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles
Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment
mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans
Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner
NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent
Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first
In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
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