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Arbitration or Litigation in Complex Commercial Contracts: Private Beauty Vs. Public Beast - Nic Fletcher and Ed Hood of BLP give some simple advice below on the pros and cons of arbitration versus litigation when considering what sort of dispute resolution clause to insert into complex commercial contracts. Read more >
Jackson report on Civil Litigation costs - Clare Semple outlines the key recommendations in Lord Justice Jackson's final report on civil litigation costs. Read more >
Paying for quick justice - Ed Coulson analyses a recent High Court judgment which tackles head on the tension in the Civil Procedure Rules’ overriding objective between the need for speed and the importance of saving expense. Read more >
Procedural update - Anne Avery outlines recent developments in the field of dispute resolution. Read more >
Pre-arbitration disclosure - a possibility? - Richard Power and James Sandham consider the Court’s power to order pre-arbitration disclosure. Read more >
The Madoff Fraud – recovering losses - Aaron Stephens examines claims arising from the unfolding Madoff fraud. Read more >
How long have you got? - Sarah Breckenridge and Amy Russell look at limitation periods in the context of investment risk. Read more >
Predicate crimes: Anglo-American corruption law and its pitfalls for the service sector - Aaron Stephens compares the English and US civil and criminal laws associated with corrupt payments in international business transactions, looks at recent cases and investigations which have thrust this subject farther into the public eye and examines how non-US companies can fall foul of the US legislation. Read more >

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Nathan Willmott

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