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Key Developments Update – November 2023

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23 November 2023

SanctionsInternational arbitrationCivil procedureCommercial litigation

Joseph Dyke writes for New Law Journal on State Immunity and Freezing Order Decision

Writing in the NLJ, Joseph Dyke considers an important Privy Council decision on State Immunity and Freezing Orders....

27 September 2023

International lawPublic international lawRegulatory lawState immunity

ICJ Finds Iran Entitled To Compensation from USA Regarding Asset Seizing Measures

By a decision handed down on 30 March 2023, the International Court of Justice found that the USA had breached its obligations under the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Econom...

2 August 2023

Public international lawSanctions

McNair International hosts Webinar on Recent Developments in the UK’s Anti-Bribery and Sanctions Regimes

McNair International hosts webinar on 'Recent Developments in the UK's Anti-Bribery and Sanctions Regimes'....

27 July 2023

EventsSanctionsRegulatory law

James McGlaughlin contributes to Kluwer Arbitration Blog on the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation

Following yet another postponement of the vote to modernise the ECT, James considers three potential legal frameworks that govern international energy investments in...

27 July 2023

Energy lawInternational arbitrationInternational lawInvestment treaty disputes

McNair International hosted a series of events at the #LIDW2023

Our events covered a range of topics, including Proving Corruption in International Arbitration; Book Launch for ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Arbitration in the Afric...

31 May 2023

International arbitrationEvents

Second Annual McNair Lecture

“The prizes will go to the bold”: Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, delivers the Second McNair Lecture on “London’s Future as a Preeminent Dispute Resol...

21 April 2023

Commercial arbitrationCommercial litigationEvents

Reflections on Public International Law: Key Cases before the English Courts in 2022

In an article published in the New Law Journal, Khawar Qureshi KC, head of McNair International, reflects on the ongoing significance of public international law bef...

3 April 2023

Diplomatic immunityInternational lawPublic international lawState immunity

Diluting Diplomatic Immunity? Examining the UK Supreme Court’s Judgment in Basfar v. Wong

McNair International senior associates, Joseph Dyke and James McGlaughlin, consider the UK Supreme Court’s judgment in Basfar v. Wong in an article published in th...

27 March 2023

Public international lawInternational lawDiplomatic immunity

International Arbitration and the Intervention of Domestic Courts: A review of key Arbitration Act 1996 cases of 2022

In an article in the New Law Journal, head of McNair International, Khawar Qureshi KC, reviews certain decisions rendered in 2022 that illustrate the limited circums...

20 March 2023

International arbitrationCivil procedureCommercial arbitrationCommercial litigation

Key Developments Update - March 2023

In this bulletin, we consider recent decisions on challenges to arbitrators, State immunity and the rules on disclosure of draft judgments, as well as key developmen...

8 March 2023

International arbitrationInvestment treaty disputesCommercial litigation

"The Foreign Act of State doctrine: in the hot seat" (New Law Journal)

Writing in the New Law Journal, Joseph Dyke and Anastasia Medvedskaya consider the approach of the English courts as to whether the Foreign Act of State doctrine app...

22 February 2023

Public international lawState immunityEnglish law

Interview with FinitoWorld: Khawar Qureshi KC

In an interview with Finito World, Khawar Qureshi KC discusses life at the Bar, the challenges and rewards of working with Governments worldwide on some of their mos...

8 February 2023

News

Challenges to Arbitrators: Recent Developments in English Law

Writing in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia), Joseph Dyke, Senior Associate, considers recent devel...

6 February 2023

Commercial arbitrationInternational arbitration

Annual Legal Review of 2022

On 18 January 2023, McNair International hosted its “Annual Legal Review of 2022”, chaired by Lord Mance, former Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court. Follow...

1 February 2023

Events

2022 Energy Arbitration Survey Results

On 20 January 2023, the results of a survey on the “Future of International Energy Arbitration”, a project pioneered by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in...

30 January 2023

Energy lawInternational arbitrationInvestment treaty disputes

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