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Inexpensive remedies at any price? The issues around 'DIY freezing orders'

Suppose someone in another European Union member state – say, Bulgaria – owes a friend of yours £3,000. He says that he is going to do everything he can to avoid your friend getting his money. You could tell your friend about the worldwide freezing injunction available in the courts of this country. You could tell him that Bulgaria may assist your friend's action by granting their own domestic injunction against the debtor pursuant to article 31 of the Brussels Regulation. Or you could just be realistic and tell him that, for the sake of £3,000, he is priced out of the international injunction market. Perhaps he should just let it go. After all, life's not fair.
6 minute read

International Edition

Courts in a clash - an in-depth look at the closely watched Supreme Court ruling on arbitrators

"Is my arbitration clause valid?" Following a surprise decision by the Court of Appeal in June 2010, this was the troubling question facing users of international arbitration clauses containing restrictions as to the nationality of arbitrators. On appeal and following an unprecedented intervention from two of the world's leading arbitral institutions, the concerns of the international arbitration community have been laid to rest by one of the most important arbitration-related decisions reached by the Supreme Court since its establishment in October 2009.
8 minute read

International Edition

Pay shake-up at criminal Bar could see QCs paid at same level as leading juniors

Criminal silks could see a significant drop in pay to match the rates of leading junior barristers, following recommendations made by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) last week. At a meeting between the LSC and Criminal Bar Association (CBA) last week, the LSC outlined plans to overhaul the current pay system for the criminal Bar, including a proposal that could see barristers remunerated in line with the new Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) instead of the current Advocate Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).
3 minute read

International Edition

Trio of LG financial litigation partners quit to join DLA Piper

LG is set to lose a trio of financial litigation partners to DLA Piper in London. Jeremy Andrews, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry and James Curle handed in their notice earlier this month and are set to join DLA Piper after serving out some or all of their six-month notice period.
3 minute read

International Edition

Barlows makes up Hong Kong disputes specialist to partnership

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has bulked up its Asia partnership with the promotion of dispute resolution associate Gary Yin in Hong Kong. Yin has been made up to partner as of 20 September this year, a move which takes the firm's partner headcount in Hong Kong to seven, of which five sit in disputes. He specialises in China-related litigation with a focus on commercial and shipping matters.
2 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaws' Singapore launch plans hit by partner departure to BLP

Addleshaw Goddard's plans to launch in Singapore have suffered a setback, with the partner intended to launch the firm's first international outpost quitting to join Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). London-based litigation partner Kent Phillips was due to launch Addleshaws' Singapore office later this year, however he will join BLP's local office instead, where he will head the firm's Asian arbitration practice.
2 minute read

International Edition

MoJ pushes for increased take-up of mediation with £10m budget injection

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will add £10m to the UK's publicly funded mediation budget next year as part of an effort to promote the use of mediation over litigation. According to the MoJ's 2010-11 annual report, an extra £10m will be added to the mediation budget as of April 2012, taking the total allocated amount to £24m.
2 minute read

International Edition

Dowler family calls on PM to back down on 'no win, no fee' overhaul

The Government's proposed overhaul of 'no win, no fee' agreements is set to face further scrutiny following an appeal to the Prime Minister by the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. The Dowler family has written to both Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to highlight the impediments to justice the proposed reforms could bring, including the claim that without a 'no win no fee' agreement, they would not have been able to bring their case against News International for phone-hacking.
3 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields makes BLP hire to lead Russia litigation in disputes push

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) Russia dispute resolution chief Maxim Kulkov to head up its Moscow litigation practice as part of a wider strategy to strengthen the firm's disputes practice internationally. The magic circle firm has identified Russia, Asia, the Middle East and the US as key areas where it wants to expand its litigation practice in response to growing demand from existing clients and in order to capture new work. Including Kulkov, Freshfields has four disputes lawyers in Russia and this figure is expected to double over the next three years, with similar expansion planned in Asia, where the firm currently has three partners.
2 minute read

International Edition

Moving on up - the realities of the journey from Bar to bench

As the only High Court appointee from a five-strong round this year to already carry a judicial title, Judge Henry Globe QC marks the exception rather than the rule. Called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1972, Globe started out like most, working with his set, Exchange Chambers, and practising as a junior counsel on the local circuit. Now, having been a circuit judge for the past eight years, Globe is joining the select few who make it as far as the High Court.
8 minute read

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