London International Disputes Week

We are pleased to share all the events our Disputes team are supporting throughout London International Disputes Week (LIDW). 

In it's fourth year, LIDW brings together London’s dispute resolution community to debate and explore key issues and topics, and to help drive awareness and best practice globally. This year's theme is "Uniting for global challenge and opportunity".

Find out more and register for events below. Please note that registration for this event is handled by LIDW not Osborne Clarke, so you will be redirected to register on the LIDW website.  

International Arbitration Day: Space – the new disputes frontier

Date: Monday 3 June 2024
Time: 16:30 - 18:30 (BST)
Venue: Kirkland & Ellis, 30 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AF
Speakers: Artem Doudko (Osborne Clarke), Greg Fullelove (Osborne Clarke), Dr Jan Frohloff (SRP, Germany), Oliver Grazebrook (InmarSat), Rachael O'Grady (Mayer Brown), Dr Tanja Masson-Zwaan (Leiden University)

International Arbitration Day: Silicon Valley leads the way – is arbitration the answer for tech disputes?

Date: Monday 3 June 2024
Time: 16:30 - 18:30 (BST)
Venue: Covington & Burling, 22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ
Speakers: Eva Nagle (Meta), Javier Samaniego (Osborne Clarke), Jeremy Wilson (Covington & Burling), Madhu Krishnan (Wise), Sarah Reynolds (SVAMC).

When Alternative Becomes Mainstream: The Future for ADR on the Global Construction Stage

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 10:30 (BST)
Venue: J.S. Held, 18 St Swithin's Lane, London EC4N 8AD
Speakers: Daniel Cashmore (Osborne Clarke), Stéphane Nathan (Bouygues), Nik Tait (Laing O'Rourke), Chantelle Jalland (J.S. Held), Kevin McIver (J.S. Held)

This engaging and interactive session will analyse key takeaways from established Alternative Dispute Resolution (such as mediation and adjudication), and incorporate lessons learnt into the evolving landscape of projects and disputes. Join us as we explore collaborative strategies to help shape a trusted and supportive future for ADR in global construction projects.

The Impact of Satoshi Nakamoto on English law

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 10:30 (BST)
Venue: Osborne Clarke, One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB
Speakers: Nick Price (Osborne Clarke), Arty Rajendra (Osborne Clarke), Amy Spencer (Enyo)

Over the past few years, the novel Blockchain technology has had a significant disruptive impact on many areas, not least English law. Having broken through the traditional dichotomy of 'property', and demanding the creating of a new 'third way', disputes before the English courts are now set to challenge traditional notions of fiduciary obligations, database rights, and more. Our panel of experts will discuss these recent and forthcoming developments, and share their expertise and insights on how the adaptability of English law makes it the ideal forum for litigating crypto-disputes and how the shadow of Satoshi Nakamoto may influence its development for years to come. 

Crypto Fraud: Interim relief in the English Courts

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 (BST)
Venue: Osborne Clarke, One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB 
Chair: James Collins KC
Speakers: Syedur Rahman, Sam Goodman, Charlotte Hill, Wei Jian Chan

For many crypto disputes, the first step is an application for a proprietary injunction, or some other form of interim relief. Such relief can be critical to preserving the assets against which enforcement is sought, or to uncovering information material to formulating the claim. In this session, our speakers will discuss the key considerations when seeking interim relief in relation to cryptoassets, drawing from a wealth of experience. They will discuss the latest case law and highlighting the key takeaways arising out of those decisions.

Arbitral Institution Congress

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 15:30 (BST)
Venue: Middle Temple Ln, Temple, London EC4Y 9BT
Speakers: Artem Doudko (Osborne Clarke), Greg Fullelove (Osborne Clarke), Loukas Mistelis and Khawar Qureshi KC

Throughout the day, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and network with senior management and caseworkers at a variety of different arbitral institutions – international, regional and national. Presentations will be given by different institutions on recent trends and developments in their caseloads, and explain how they see dispute resolution growing in their respective geographies or industry specialisms. These sessions present a great opportunity for frequent users of arbitration to establish stronger relationships with the institutions, providing for an enhanced experience when using the institutions' services in the future.

A new aggressive dawn in UK corporate crime enforcement?  What the new Serious Fraud Office regime may mean for UK and international business

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024
Time: 16:00 - 17:30 (BST)
Venue: Kingsley Napley LLP, 20 Bonhill St, London EC2A 4DN
Speakers: Jeremy Summers (Osborne Clarke), Selva Ramasamy KC (QEB Hollis Whiteman), Louise Hodges (KN) and Rita Mitchell (Wilkie Farr)

In our discussion we will analyse the new approach of Nick Ephgrave CPM, the newly appointed Director of the SFO - with more arrests and raids in his first 4 months than the previous 5 years – combined with new powers and legislation to make prosecution of companies easier. The session will be of direct relevance to attendees based in the UK and overseas and will include the following points that are central to understanding the new landscape, and the risks it presents to businesses, executives and their legal advisers:

• Incentivising whistleblowers – can the US system help the UK increase the risk of improper conduct being uncovered.
• Greater use of dawn raids – what they are, how to prepare and how to respond.
• UK Governments Global Fraud Summit and renewed focus on co-operation with overseas jurisdictions, including the US
• New offences in the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – intentionally making it easier to prosecute businesses.
• Speedier investigations and trials.
• Other recent developments.

The session will be followed by an opportunity to discuss the new enforcement landscape informally over drinks.

Construction Disputes Skills Crisis?

Date: Thursday 6 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 10:30 (BST)
Venue: Osborne Clarke, One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB
Speakers: Rob Horne (Osborne Clarke), Rupa Lakha (Osborne Clarke), Lucy Garett (Keating Chambers), Sam Kay (Kier Group), Professor Renato Nazzini (King's College London)

This interactive panel sessions will explore, in discussion with the audience, the practicalities of becoming a construction disputes lawyer of the future, where will you work, how will you gain the skills needed to be an effective lawyer on qualification, how will you ensure professional standard and development? All against a backdrop of the increasing importance of AI driven solutions, remote working and hearings, diversity challenges, the relevance of legal academic training and the need for a new set of skills to manage ever more digitalised evidence.