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English Court finds that the foreign act of state doctrine may apply to arbitration proceedings

Andrew Cannon, Adam Johnson, Hannah Ambrose and Vanessa Naish of Herbert Smith Freehills look at an important decision for those who enter into contracts with state entities. ...
On August 1, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Business and Human Rights 0
Holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses

Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple of Corker Binning look at the current debate surrounding criminalisation of UK companies for overseas human rights abuses, how existing legislation could be ...
On July 26, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Public International Law 0
The Syria strikes: still clearly illegal

Marko Milanovic looks at the Government's stated reasons for the bombing of Syria, and concludes that they fail to provide any legal justification for the use of force. ...
On April 17, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
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Spring break

The blog will be taking a spring break, back on 16 April – thank you to all our readers and contributors so far this year! ...
On March 29, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Arbitration 0
The English court sets aside a tribunal’s findings of lack of jurisdiction under a BIT

Andrew Cannon, Naomi Lisney and Vanessa Naish of Herbert Smith Freehills look at a rare example of a domestic court setting aside an award of an investor-state arbitral ...
On March 22, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Business and Human Rights 0
Corporate criminal liability under international law

Alessandra de Tommaso looks at ways in which international law is moving towards holding corporations criminally liable - meaning that companies and their advisers can no longer assume ...
On March 13, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
From the editors 0
Celebrating International Women’s Day

The day this blog went live, on 1 December 2016, it had six posts on it. It was only afterwards that we realised that every one of those ...
On March 8, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Public International Law 0
A “phenomenon of our time”: when are intelligence leaks admissible in court?

Emma Dowden-Teale and Joanna Howard look at the recent Supreme Court decision on the use of WikiLeaks documents in litigation. ...
On February 26, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Business and Human Rights 0
Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability

Julianne Hughes-Jennett and Peter Hood look at the implications for multinationals of the new Court of Appeal judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell. ...
On February 22, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
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A View toward the Post-Brexit Future: the UK in the NAFTA? Part II

Patrick Pearsall and Thomas Wingfield of Jenner & Block LLP continue their analysis of the potential advantages of UK membership of NAFTA, not only for the UK but ...
On February 16, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations

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Browsing All Posts By The Law Of Nations

English Court finds that the foreign act of state doctrine may apply to arbitration proceedings

Holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses

The Syria strikes: still clearly illegal

Spring break

The English court sets aside a tribunal’s findings of lack of jurisdiction under a BIT

Corporate criminal liability under international law

Celebrating International Women’s Day

A “phenomenon of our time”: when are intelligence leaks admissible in court?

Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability

A View toward the Post-Brexit Future: the UK in the NAFTA? Part II

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