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Don’t miss LIDW25

28 May 2025
Issue: 8118 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Dispute resolution
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Justice minister Sarah Sackman KC will give the opening address at London International Disputes Week (LIDW25) on 3 June

Sackman said: ‘As markets rapidly change, innovative dispute resolution not only settles disagreements but drives economic growth and transforms industries.’

LIDW25 features a keynote address from former International Court of Justice president Judge Joan Donoghue, a fireside chat with James Besley, co-head of legal at Google DeepMind, a ‘View from business’ by Lord Karan Bilimoria, chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, and a celebration of 200 years of the Law Society with its president, Richard Atkinson.

LIDW25 runs 2–6 June.

Issue: 8118 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Dispute resolution
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NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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