Arbitrators will be gathering in London’s 12 Bloomsbury Square on 5 April for the CIArb’s lecture, ‘Arbitration in Banking and Finance Deconstructed: The New Deal’. The speaker, Professor Dr Georges Affaki C.Arb, will critically review various arbitration initiatives on banking disputes around the world and analyse the prospects offered by the opening of investment arbitration to financial instruments and to banking claims, including regulatory actions in the EU and internationally. Sir Ross Cranston, former High Court judge, will introduce the topic and the speaker, and Jonathan Wood, General Counsel at Bank of London and the Middle East, will deliver closing remarks. Register at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. A drinks reception will follow. For more details, see here.
06 March 2018
Flagship CIArb lecture to be held
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson
Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating
Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor
West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire
JMW—Belinda Brooke
Employment and people solutions offering boosted by partner hire
NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
Copyright © 2026 LexisNexis
