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Key Developments Update October 2024

In this bulletin, we address recent decisions from the English courts and investment treaty tribunals on anti-suit injunctions, challenges to arbitral awards, State ...

18 October 2024

English lawState immunityInvestment treaty disputesCivil procedure

A special prosecutor is the best option to ensure Grenfell justice

Anthony Wilson writes in The Times following the release of the report of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, making the case for the appointment of a s...

12 September 2024

Regulatory law

Key Developments Update - August 2024

In this bulletin, we address recent decisions from the English courts and investment treaty tribunals on significant aspects of arbitration law, money laundering and...

12 August 2024

English lawSanctionsInvestment treaty disputesRegulatory law

Key Developments Update - June 2024

In this bulletin we address recent investment treaty decisions as well as judgments from the English courts involving important issues of state immunity, contract la...

4 June 2024

English lawSanctionsPublic international lawState immunity

The Third Annual McNair Lecture

Professor Alan Pellet addressed the Seven Deadly Sins of International Investment Disputes at the third annual McNair Lecture in London....

22 April 2024

Public international lawInvestment treaty disputesInternational arbitrationNews

Key Developments Update – February 2024

In this bulletin, we address recent investment treaty decisions and English judgments concerning State Immunity and Legal Professional Privilege...

29 February 2024

Public international lawQuarterly updateState immunityInvestment treaty disputes

Key Developments Update – November 2023

In this bulletin, we consider recent cases concerning litigation funding agreements and sanctions, as well as important arbitration-related decisions from the Englis...

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

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