23/10/24

Richard Blakeley KC and Zahra Al-Rikabi sit down to discuss the meaning and implications of the UKSC’s judgment in Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL [2023] UKSC 32; [2024] 1 All E.R. 763 on s.9 stays for arbitration.

Mark Howard KC, Richard Blakeley KC and Tom Pascoe discuss the remarkable case of Nigeria v P&ID with its corrupt contractors, implicated lawyers and an ineffective arbitration, and consider the lessons to be learned from it.

Richard Blakeley KC and Joanna Connolly discuss the tribunal’s debatable power under the LCIA rules to make asset freezing orders, the lack of consensus as to whether it’s possible, and why you might be better off going before a court. 

23/12/24

In the first of our public law series of podcasts, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC, Paul Bowen KC and Jennifer MacLeod discuss the Terminal Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which passed its first hurdle in the House of Commons on 29 November 2024.  Under the expert questioning of Public Law and Human Rights Junior of the year Jennifer MacLeod, Lord Anderson KC looks at the hurdles the Bill faces as a Private Members’ Bill from his perspective as a Cross-Bench peer while Paul Bowen KC addresses its human rights implications from his experience as Counsel on key right to die cases.

After an introduction to the topic, listen out for Lord Anderson’s consideration of the hurdles that the Bill will have to overcome in Parliament at 14 minutes in and Paul Bowen KC’s assessment of the key objections to the bill at 25 minutes in.

Maya Lester KC, Richard Howell and Jennifer MacLeod discuss the National Security & Investment Act 2021 which entered into force three years ago in January 2022  – the background to the Act, its basic framework, operation, and the concerns it is designed to remedy.

The podcast discusses the first judgment (LetterOne) under the Act, the approach of the High Court to issues of national security, proportionality, remedies, and procedural issues, including closed material procedures. Listen for comparisons with the merger control and sanctions regimes and the potential for future challenges.