Library search
Lawyers and Climate Change

The growing threat of climate change will define this century and our generation more dramatically than any other challenge. It is widely recognised by scientists and environmentalists that we have...Read more

Vesselina Haralampieva
Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK

Michael Strauss
General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK
Subsidy Control and Higher Education – Briefing Note

The Subsidy Control Act 2022, which came into force on 4 January 2023, provides the framework for the regime. The regime is permissive so the onus is always on the...Read more

Rosemary Boyle
Senior Commercial Lawyer, University of Cambridge, UK

Sarah Ward
Partner & Head of Competition, Walker Morris, UK
Financial Services and Global Regulatory Requirements: Balancing the ease of electronic-communications usage with regulatory expectations



Rapid technology developments over the last twenty years have significantly limited the foundational principle that financial regulators should have the ability to monitor and enforce compliance with market rules. This...Read more

Paul Brabant
Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners, UK

Gautam Sachdev
Partner, Alixpartners UK , UK

Anir Bhattacharyya
Partner, AlixPartners, UK
Gone are the Days of Corporate Social Responsibility; These are the Days of Corporate Responsibility

Although the concepts of corporate governance have been with us for a long time, the actual implementation of it by the large corporations still provokes controversy. This concept may have...Read more

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
Navigating Government-Imposed Sanctions in Administration





Prior to entering into administration, CargoLogicAir was the UK’s only maindeck freighter airline, which also secured a major contract to transport urgent medical supplies to combat COVID-19. CargoLogicAir is an...Read more

David Fordham
General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Buchler Phillips, UK
John Forrest
Head of Global Trade & Regulatory Affairs, DLA Piper, UK

Chris Parker
Partner and International Co-Chair, Restructuring and Insolvency, DLA Piper UK, UK

James Davison
Partner, Restructuring, DLA Piper UK, UK

David Buchler
Chairman, Insolvency Practitioner, Buchler Phillips, UK

Natalie Peacock
Associate , DLA Piper UK, UK
Patent law differs in each country, but there are some important equitable doctrines that apply across borders. One such a doctrine is prosecution history estoppel.
The term Estoppel ...Read more
Shafaq Akhtar
Other, University of Law, UK
No Contract is an Island
Contract liability and liability under a contract can be seen as two separate concepts. The former covers liabilities arising under contract law; the latter covers all the actual and potential...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
How to Sustain the Unstainable - Coping With a Blizzard of Demands

Despite the long hours and relatively high rates of burn out within the legal profession, there is often still a lack of support for in house lawyers working under extreme...Read more

Richard Reade
General Counsel, Coats Group, UK
Negotiating Commercial Agreements

Home advantage is an oft-quoted adage which might work well in the sports world, but might be a false friend in negotiations. In blunt terms, it’s really hard to walk...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
ESG - General Counsels as the Watchdog, Champion or Leader?
When the Bank I work for commenced its most recent annual strategy process, I was asked by the CEO to create the strategy for the Bank in response to two...Read more

Richard Bryan
General Counsel, Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited, UK