Masood Ahmed

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Masood Ahmed is an associate professor of law at the University of Leicester & co-author of Arbitration of Commercial Disputes: English and International Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2025). Newlawjournal.co.uk

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Masood Ahmed analyses an arbitration case that highlights the tension between party autonomy & finality

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

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Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

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NLJ this week: Policing the safeguards when appointing trust corporations

What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection?

NLJ this week: What the court considers when assessing refusal of ADR

Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?

NLJ this week: Finding innovative ways to fund the justice gap

When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Two’s company, but three’s a crowd in financial provision cases

When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ

Charities Appeals Supplement: March 2026

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue

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Masood Ahmed

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean