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Letting Lawyers be Lawyers: Principles of Legal Value Optimization

Many legal futurologists proclaim the coming of a dystopian world for lawyers. In this world, the rise of automation requires the fall of lawyers. We are more optimistic, and see...Read more

Paul Daly
Co-Founder and Legal Academic, Navigate.legal and University of Cambridge, UK
Exclusion of Liability for 'Consequential Loss'
One of the first things that most lawyers learn when they enter the real world of commercial transactions is that liability for “consequential losses” is to be excluded under all...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
Innovation and Litigation
I have been very fortunate in my career to work with innovative and interesting people, including clients and contacts from different industry sectors around the world and many colleagues and...Read more

Mary Shields
Head of Legal Europe, Sensata Technologies Inc, UK
Allegations of Apparent Bias or Suspicion of Bias Must Be Substantiated by Sustainable Evidence: Speculative Evidence Will Not Do 
Allegations of bias against arbitrators or arbitral tribunals are not uncommon in the world of commercial arbitration. The High Court has been required to deal with a number of allegations...Read more

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
The Consequences of Part 36 Offers in Civil Litigation
A major tactic to be employed by either party in settlement of civil litigation is the use of what is known as the Part 36 offer. This is a means...Read more

Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
Managing Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
Every industry has experienced or is experiencing a significant impact from digitisation. From the decimation of the music industry at the turn of the century to arguments over the validity...Read more

Ian Johnson
Head of IP Legal, CPA Global Limited, UK
Winning the case: Maximising the Role (and Perceived Value) of the In-House Counsel by Establishing a Winning Team that Significantly Contributes to Growth Targets.

As the business I work for, the Equiniti Group, was preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange, I took on the role to head up the In-House Counsel team....Read more

Lina Brown
Group Commercial & Legal Director, Equiniti Group, UK
European Data Protection: A Review of the New Regulatory Framework

With less than two years to go until the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, in the next in a series of articles on data privacy, Claire Walsh and...Read more

Claire Walsh
Cclaw, UK
European Data Protection: A Review of the New Regulatory Framework
With less than two years to go until the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, in the next in a series of articles on data privacy, Claire Walsh and...Read more

Liam Russell
Legal Director, Chartered Insurance Institute, UK
Decisions of ICSID Tribunals on Procedural Issues may not be confused with their Awards


The fnality of arbitral awards rendered by tribunals constituted under the International Convention on Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), 1965 have on many occasions been misconceived. ICSID awards can be...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK