BCI Announces Major Reforms Following Supreme Court Directions; National Legal Academy Proposed
Can these reforms redefine the future of the legal profession? Following the Supreme Court’s judgment in Ajay Vijh v. Indian Banks Association, the
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SIAC opens Delhi Liaison Office, strengthening engagement with India’s arbitration ecosystem
SIAC has inaugurated its Delhi Liaison Office during the SIAC Annual India Conference 2026, marking a significant expansion of its presence in India and strengthening engagement with the country’s arbitration ecosystem.
Legal luminaries to deliberate on ‘Judicial Independence in a Digital & Globalised World’ at the 5th Justice H. R. Khanna Memorial Symposium on August 1
The Symposium is being organised virtually in honour of Late Justice H. R. Khanna, whose unwavering commitment to constitutional morality, judicial independence and civil liberties continues to inspire generations of lawyers, judges and legal scholars.
CAM acts as legal advisor for Dixon Technologies India Ltd. in relation to its proposed joint venture with Vivo Mobile
CAM acted as legal advisor for Dixon. Its role included undertaking legal due diligence on VMI, advising on structuring of the transaction, and review and negotiation of transaction documents (including joint venture agreement, shareholders agreement and asset purchase agreement).
Is it legal for a lawyer to adjust fees from compensation? Delhi HC decides
Can your lawyer deduct unpaid legal fees from your compensation? The Delhi High Court recently clarified that agreed professional fees may
‘Commercial certainty, rule of law and cultural understanding will shape arbitration’s future’: Lawrence Teh shares Singapore’s journey at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026
Lawrence Teh highlighted the importance of institutional trust, judicial restraint, and cultural understanding in international arbitration, while encouraging Kazakhstan to build an arbitral identity rooted in its own strengths rather than replicating existing models.
The Innovator’s Dilemma comes for law firms: Nikki Shaver on five signals that the legal industry is at an inflection point at LegalTechTalk 2026
From 400 to 1,000 generative AI products in twelve months, USD 4.28 billion in legal tech investment in 2025, and corporate legal AI adoption doubling from 24% to 52%, LegalTechnologyHub’s CEO argues that while law firms continue to report strong revenues, the structural forces reshaping the market are already in motion.
ICA 2026 | India—UK Economic Growth Must Be Matched by Strong Dispute Resolution Systems: Deputy High Commissioner Kartik Pande at 4th ICA Conference
At the ICA Conference in London, Deputy High Commissioner Kartik Pande underscored the importance of arbitration and ADR in supporting the growing India—UK economic partnership and fostering commercial confidence in cross-border trade and investment.
Raising red flags, navigating parallel proceedings, underlying illegalities: 39 Essex Chambers & Fieldfisher discuss overlap between arbitration & corruption
The esteemed panel from 39 Essex Chambers and Field Fisher discussed intertwining criminal and commercial disputes, engagement of arbitral tribunals with corruption concerns, measures taken by solicitors, and much more at LIDW 2026.
ICA 2026 | Reforming the Domestic and Attracting the Foreign: Experts Discuss Investor Confidence, Enforcement Challenges, and AI Regulation at the 4th ICA Conference
The fireside chat at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes” examined the challenges of enforcement, arbitration efficiency, judicial intervention, institutional reforms, AI regulation, third-party funding, and investor confidence.
ICA 2026| ’Commerce Flourishes Where There Is Certainty’: Arun Chawla Highlights ADR’s Role in Strengthening the India—UK Economic Partnership at 4th ICA Conference
In 1774, Lord Mansfield observed that ‘in all mercantile transactions the great object should be certainty.’ Two hundred and fifty years later, Arun Chawla, Director General of ICA, used that same principle to frame the case for arbitration as the silent infrastructure of globalisation and for the India-UK economic partnership’s dependence on credible dispute resolution institutions.
ICA 2026 | ‘The Best Dispute is the One That Never Arises’: Legal Professionals Discuss Pendency, Commercial Pragmatism, Mediation, & Forensic Investigations at 4th ICA Conference
At a panel discussion at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes”, the speakers agreed that while disputes may be inevitable in business, successful commercial ecosystems were defined not by the absence of disputes, but rather by avoiding them and if they arise, resolving them efficiently, fairly, and with minimal disruption to long-term relationships and commerce.
LIDW 2026 | Geopolitical Fragmentation and Commercial Disputes: Experts Examine Contractual Risk, Investment Protection and Quantum in an Era of Polycrisis
A sanctions designation in Washington can simultaneously trigger a force majeure notice in Singapore, a MAC dispute in London and a valuation fight in a treaty arbitration. Five practitioners at LIDW 2026 examined each front, and found the same issue at the centre of every one: causation.
From Comparison to Co-Creation: CJI Surya Kant Proposes Joint Indo-UK Arbitrator Training, Fast-Track Procedures and Arb-Med Framework at 4th ICA Conference
The Chief Justice of India delivered a thought-provoking keynote address at the 4th International Conference of the ICA on Arbitrating Indo-UK Disputes, urging the global arbitration community to return to the foundational purpose of arbitration and ensure that dispute resolution remains accessible, efficient, and responsive to the needs of modern commerce.
LIDW 2026| ‘The Arbitrator Is Dead, Long Live the AiBitrator’: RPC and Stephenson Harwood Debate Whether AI Should Replace Human Arbitrators
At a formal LIDW 2026 debate hosted by RPC and Stephenson Harwood, counsel argued both sides of a motion to replace human arbitrators with AI while the Tribunal called the whole question a false binary. The debate on AI arbitrators was more candid surprising than most.
LIDW 2026 | ‘Stable as a Coin or a Black Swan Dive?’: How Crypto Arbitration Is Adapting to Valuation, Enforcement and the Web3 Economy
From Bitcoin loans worth pennies at issuance to claims that doubled in value before the award, leading practitioners at LIDW 2026 examined whether arbitration can deliver the speed, certainty and enforceability that the digital-asset sector demands and found that the answer depends entirely on how fast the mechanisms adapt.
‘The Last 25 Years Will Be Nothing Compared to the Next 25’: Experts Debate Tradition and Transformation in Dispute Resolution at LIDW 2026
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, VK Rajah SC and Dr. Emilia Onyema examined whether digital justice systems, AI and accountability can deliver meaningful access to justice or whether the technology divide will deepen the inequalities they are meant to solve.
‘A Journey Rather Than a Plan’: At LIDW 2026, Clare Wardle Reflects on What It Really Takes to Be a General Counsel in a World of Geopolitical Risk and AI Disruption
In a wide-ranging interview at LIDW 2026, the former Coca-Cola Europacific Partners General Counsel reflects on cross-border disputes, AI’s impact on legal practice, access to justice, and why she would choose the same career again. In an interesting segment of LIDW 2026, Mr. Hilton Mervis, Litigation Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, held an engaging conversation with Ms. Clare Wardle, Former General Counsel and Company Secretary, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, on her insights as a general counsel.
LIDW 2026 | Rule of Law Under Pressure: Fiona Hill, David Gauke and Dan Feldman on Populism, Democratic Backsliding and Geopolitical Risk
From Brexit to the erosion of US institutional independence, a former Downing Street Chief of Staff, a former Lord Chancellor and a former US Ambassador agreed that the rule of law must now be actively defended — not assumed — at a time when legal institutions face unprecedented political challenge.