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NLJ this week: ESG, AI & digital disputes trending in international arbitration

23 February 2024
Issue: 8060 / Categories: Legal News , Arbitration , International , ESG , Artificial intelligence
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In this week’s NLJ, Thomas Snider, partner, and Dalal Alhouti, knowledge development lawyer, at Charles Russell Speechlys, pick the most significant factors currently affecting this competitive field

The authors look at the focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks, at changes to institutional rules to ease the process of digital assets disputes, and at the potential impact of sophisticated generative artificial intelligence (AI).

They write: ‘It is inevitable that we will also see arbitrators using AI to generate drafts of procedural orders and, more controversially, final awards. This may lead to challenges on the basis that it is not the arbitrator appointed pursuant to the arbitration agreement that has written the final award, but AI.’

Also, did you know that 20,000 trees could be needed to offset the carbon emissions of just one arbitration?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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