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Quarterly Focus: China overhauls 30-year-old arbitration legislation

Robert Li — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:10:15 +0000

China’s three-decade-old arbitration law has had a major refresh, with new provisions supporting the ADR method’s self-contained nature, allowance of ad hoc proceedings and a clear definition of the seat.

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BCLP exits Asia

Robert Li — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:28:28 +0000

Following its departure from Beijing at the beginning of the pandemic, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s exit from Hong Kong and Singapore will leave the firm without a physical presence in the region, as the firm refocuses away from Asia.

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QICCA rules update for 2025

Robert Li — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:59:50 +0000

Practitioners talk to CDR about the Qatari arbitral institution’s first new rules in 13 years, and the broadly welcome changes that position it closer to the expectations of international parties.

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Case admin and hearings – the godsend of tech?

Robert Li — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:35:13 +0000

Case management and hearings changed forever during the pandemic and a new range of tools is continuing to reshape the entire life cycle of a dispute.

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Target secures rare dismissal of Covid-based securities class action

andras.tokai — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A US district court has handed down one of the first dismissals in the growing wave of post-Covid securities fraud class actions.

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Distilling disruption in the construction world

andras.tokai — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The construction industry is troubled by five ‘mega-disrupters’ which sow the seeds of half of the construction disputes internationally, according to the latest report from expert witness consultancy HKA.

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Justice on hold as Britain’s global reputation for swift and timely justice suffers

andras.tokai — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The civil justice system in England and Wales is paying the price for lockdown delays and decades of underfunding. Justice delayed is justice denied and, while delays in England and Wales’ criminal justice system – where, in September 2023, the backlogs in the Crown and magistrates’ courts numbered more than 400,000 outstanding cases – have […]

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Quebec government to face Covid care-home class action

andras.tokai — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A court has authorised a lawsuit on behalf of thousands of residents of 118 care homes, alleging negligence, lack of PPE and the denial of basic dignity. The Quebec Superior Court yesterday (23 January) authorised a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced major Covid-19 outbreaks during the […]

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