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Analysis > Disputes Yearbook 2022

Disputes Yearbook 2022: Staying alive

Charting the mega cases defining London’s disputes market

Posted on 22 April 2022 11:00am29 April 2022 14:57pm
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Dispute resolution Stewarts Disputes Yearbook 2022

Staying alive

Not for the first time in its chequered history, it seems the SFO is living on borrowed time. What can be done to restore the agency to former glories?




Boies Don’t Cry

Nearly a decade after launching in the City, Boies Schiller Flexner finds itself without its charismatic London leader and almost her entire team. What now for the litigation specialist?




Back to life – cases of the year

The energy has returned to London’s disputes market after two years of lockdown. However, familiar types of cases have prevailed over 2021 and 2022


More seats at the table

What does the regionalisation of international arbitration mean for London?


The next generation of arbitration

Legal Business gathered the City’s brightest stars at the International Arbitration Centre to celebrate the next wave of disputes talent


Perspectives

Sue Millar

Rob Fell

Bankim Thanki QC

Susan Dunn


Disputes Yearbook 2022 – online PDF

Disputes Yearbook 2022 – online PDF


Stewarts sponsored foreword

Expect the unexpected – 2022 and beyond


UAE market briefings

Alsuwaidi & Company LLC: Pick and choose from two menus?


Insolvency and restructuring market briefing

Stewarts: Claims in a post-pandemic litigation landscape


Civil fraud market briefing

RPC: RPC interview series – Dan Wyatt and Chris Ross


Cyprus market briefing

N. Pirilides & Associates LLC: The current situation and the future: fraud victims through Cyprus courts
SCORDIS, PAPAPETROU & Co LLC: International dispute resolution in Cyprus


Bar market briefing

Gatehouse Chambers: The journey travelled in building a modern barristers’ chambers


Romania market briefing

Budusan & Associates: The first Romanian law firm dedicated to white-collar crime


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RPC: RPC interview series – Karen Hendy and Finella Fogarty

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Stephenson Harwood: The Quincecare duty: when shouldn’t you follow instructions?


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Yulchon: Catching up with the world: Korea updates its conflict of laws


USA market briefing

MoloLamken: The new antitrust


Costs and funding market briefing

Stewarts: Costs and funding


Qatar market briefing

K&L Gates: Legal developments in Qatar: what the UK legal community should know


China market briefing

Commerce & Finance Law Offices: The pro-arbitration trend continues to grow in China


Switzerland market briefing

Ardenter: The rise and fall of banking secrecy, or why time has come to knock at Swiss banks’ door


Tech litigation market briefing

RPC: RPC interview series – David Cran


Bahrain market briefing

Charles Russell Speechlys: Dispute resolution in the GCC region


Germany market briefing

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek: Artificial intelligence (AI) in civil proceedings – a forecast


India market briefing

Singhania & Partners LLP: Section 2(1)(f) ‘international commercial arbitration’ – is it as simple as it looks?


Slovakia market briefing

SOUKENÍK – ŠTRPKA: Preparing witness for arbitration


Egypt market briefing

Shalakany: Disputes law in Egypt


Malaysia market briefing

Shook Lin & Bok: Dispute resolution in Malaysia


Tax litigation market briefing

PwC: Recent developments in UK tax disputes


Banking litigation market briefing

RPC: RPC interview series – Simon Hart


Morocco market briefing

Afrique Advisors: Cryptocurrencies in the Kingdom of Morocco


Israel market briefing

Gross Law Firm: Everything is Justiciable in Israel


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