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22 February 2023
Issue: 8014 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Arbitration
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Lord Neuberger to speak at LIDW

Lord Neuberger has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the five-day 2023 London International Disputes Week (LIDW) in May.

The former president of the Supreme Court continues to serve as a judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court and as an arbitrator.

LIDW will include an international arbitration day this year as well as covering topics such as the evolving role of the in-house lawyer, how the metaverse and AI may change practice, cross-border data and disclosure challenges, and the role of the judiciary in a changing world. Lord Neuberger said the disputes landscape was evolving ‘quickly’. 

Issue: 8014 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Arbitration
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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