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2024 Annual Commercial Conference

02/10/24

Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 12.30 - 5.30

Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ

The speakers' slides can be found here

Banking Disputes: current trends and issues on the horizon

PROGRAMME

12.45 Registration and sandwich lunch

1.30 Welcome and introduction

1.40 Mark Hapgood QC in memoriam - Jasbir Dhillon KC and Sir Richard Aikens

2.05 Quincecare and issues of agency after Philipp v Barclays Bank - Roger Masefield KC and Fred Wilmot-Smith

2.30 Recovering sovereign debt: lessons from the Mozambique Tuna Bonds litigation - Richard Blakeley KC and Laura Newton

2.55 Tea

3.20 Navigating foreign-law issues in light of recent Italian swaps litigation - Jasbir Dhillon KC and Tom Wood

3.45 Recent developments in crypto litigation - Sarah Bousfield and William Hooper

4.10 Sanctions and banking - Maya Lester KC and Fred Hobson KC

4.35 Judicial review in Financial Services – Cinderella goes to the ball? - James McClelland KC and Michael Quayle

5pm Closing remarks 

5.15 Drinks