header-logo header-logo

LNB NEWS: LCIA provides appointment updates

01 June 2023
Categories: Legal News , Arbitration , Profession
printer mail-detail
The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has unveiled updates from its flagship symposium on 19–21 May 2023. 

Lexis®Library update: First, the LCIA nominating committee and court appointed two new court members, Dr Alfredo José Bullard González (Peru) and Anand Desai (India).

Second, the LCIA invoked exceptional circumstances within the court appointment process to extend the term of Kamal Shah for another five years.

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 31 May 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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 dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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
back-to-top-scroll