London International Disputes Week 2022 - LIDW22

London International Disputes Week 2022 was an opportunity for dispute resolution professionals from around the globe to gather physically and virtually to discuss and debate the future of dispute resolution. It was a five day hybrid event with a two day conference at Central Hall Westminster.

Co-hosted session recording - Offshore trusts disputes - uniquely challenging?

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Member hosts:

Addleshaw Goddard, Baker McKenzie, IPOS Mediation, Farrer & Co

Every dispute has its own technical and practical problems, but when offshore trusts are involved, there are unusual factors at play. In this session, the panel will look at questions including

• The multinational legal team – how onshore and offshore lawyers collaborate, and the challenges that can arise

• What’s really going on? Separating the legal issues from family/personal disharmony

• How to mitigate the family and business falloutandmanageallegations of fraud and dishonesty

• Mediation – push and pull factors for lawyers and clients engaged in high-value trust litigation

• Can it settle? How the involvement of trustees, minors and unborns can change the outcome of mediation

Speakers:

Charlotte Fraser

, Farrer & Co;

William George

, Addleshaw Goddard;

Arabella Murphy

, IPOS Mediation;

Luke Richardson

, Baker McKenzie.

Hotting up? International, cross border insurance disputes in a post pandemic ESG focussed era

Friday 13 May 2022,

16:00 - 17:00 (BST) in person & virtual

Member hosts:

Reed Smith, IPOS Mediation, RPC

Looking to a future increasingly concerned by ESG considerations, this session will discuss how risk perceptions of companies and corporate stakeholders are changing in response to the new focus of the post pandemic environment. It is clear that for the boardroom in general, and individual directors and officers in particular, the risk analysis will need to acknowledge this new focus and understand how traditional insurance protection is keeping pace.

The panel will consider the challenges presented to the boardroom by a growth in disputes resulting from cross border issues such as climate change litigation, and how insurance planning is evolving with ESG considerations in mind. ESG considerations are anticipated in a re-emergence of regulatory action and investigations post pandemic, and the panel will consider the extent to which cover will be available to soften any new regulatory impact.

Speakers will include legal advisers expert in both coverage issues and claims, insurance market representatives to provide insight on how the market is expecting to adapt to the new pressures of the post-pandemic world and the session will be led by an experienced insurance and disputes mediator.

Speakers:

James Wickes

, RPC;

Charles Gordon

, IPOS Mediation;

Peter Hardy

, Reed Smith,

Natalie Graham

, Mosaic Insurance and

Angus Duncan,

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