The Final Frontier: An Examination of Space Commerce Law - Chris Deng Vinsien
From the realm of science fiction to the cusp of reality, the commercialisation of outer space is no longer a distant dream but an...
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- May 31
- 10 min
Private Equity: When Options are Few, the Wise Adapt - Arshiya Hendi
In the current economic downturn, where uncertainty lurks and conventional strategies falter, private equity stands as a beacon of...
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- May 9
- 6 min
Ethical Business: The Obstacles in the Way - Alfie North
Ever-growing is the pressure on professional services firms to commit to, and prioritise, the instantiation of ethical business. ‘Ethical...
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- May 7
- 7 min
Buy-Now-Pay-Later Regulation: The Downfall of the 'Wild West of Credit?' - Chloe Howgate
After two years of consultation, the government recently announced its highly anticipated plans to strengthen the regulation of...
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- May 3
- 7 min
ChatGPT: Opportunities and Challenges for the Legal Industry - Chris Deng Vinsien
Picture this: a world where artificial intelligence (AI) not only streamlines our everyday lives but also revolutionises the legal...
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- Feb 27
- 9 min
Islamic Finance: One to Watch? - Arshiya Hendi
Islamic finance is a minor sector that currently accounts for less than 1% ($4 trillion) of total global assets ($431 trillion), and one...
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- Feb 13
- 6 min
A Watershed Moment? The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 in Practice - Timothy Ang
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (‘CIGA’ or ‘Act’), passed in less than six weeks in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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- Jan 31
- 9 min
Double-edged Sword: Exploring Civil Fraud through the Ablyazov Litigation - Ishaan Bhardwaj
Civil fraud is by now, a booming practice area for English courts. Allegations of fraud have risen considerably in large-scale,...
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- Jan 7
- 6 min
Consequences of Recession: an Introduction to Corporate Insolvency - Ellis Clifford
Open any business publication and the same bells ring: recession in the UK seems all but guaranteed this year. From the Confederation of...
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- Nov 29, 2022
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Band-Aids Don't Fix Bullet Holes: Consumer Protection in Life Sciences - Timothy Ang
Introduction "Pfizer or Moderna?" So goes the worst conversation starter of all time. But beyond its ubiquity around, and utility to, the...
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- Nov 22, 2022
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New Money: should Commercial Lawyers Care about Crypto? - Ellis Clifford
It’s no secret that cryptocurrencies are plagued with scepticism. Such scepticism has only increased as a result of FTX’s ‘freefall’ into...
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- Nov 12, 2022
- 6 min
The IPO: from Hero to Zero? - Arshiya Hendi
Introduction Remarkable, outstanding, busy. These are just some of the words used to describe the record-breaking year for initial public...
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- Nov 5, 2022
- 6 min
Spotlight on Private Equity: the Dance with Antitrust Regulators - Timothy Ang
Introduction Private equity. One of the hot buzzwords in the commercial law world, yet few have a clear understanding of what it is, and...
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- Oct 31, 2022
- 7 min
The Evolution of ESG: from Convention to Mandate - Daniel Park
Introduction In recent years, ESG has become a hot topic of increasing prevalence in the commercial world. But as a concept it remains...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 6 min
Developments in Data Protection Law: The de minimis standard - Shastikk Kumaran
With the recent landmark case of Lloyd v Google, where a claimant failed in his attempt to bring what was effectively a class-action...
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- Apr 6, 2022
- 6 min
‘Ships, Ting, and tickets: a law upon rickets?’ -Dimitrios Mitsiadis
Lawful Act Duress in Contract Law The law on duress in contracts features a novel doctrine: lawful act duress. The courts have recently...
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- Mar 9, 2022
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Achmea, Komstroy and ICSID Arbitration - Ishaan Bhardwaj
Background Investment arbitration is a form of dispute resolution that typically occurs between large companies/investors, and states....
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- Dec 30, 2021
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'Beyond the Vale': A note on the Court of Appeal's recent decision - Shastikk Kumaran
Vale was a recent English judgment surrounding the question of whether an arbitral award had any binding effects on the ability of...
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- Nov 7, 2021
- 9 min
Try a Little Tenderness - Reviewing Sampling in English Law - Shastikk Kumaran
'And one other thing… What’s the deal with you break-record cats putting out all the original records that we sample from and snitching...
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 6 min
Could the Climate Crisis Mould or Destroy the Financial System? - Mia Hynes
Since anthropogenic climate change was first recognised, it has posed a clear long-term threat to the financial system, and central banks...
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