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7BR PART-HEARD: 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – KIRIL WAITE
On the 10th Day of Christmas, we are joined by Kiril Waite to discuss the benefit of virtual hearings in group litigation, as illustrated in De Costa and others against London Fire Commissioner and others, and the future of PPO’s post brexit in situations where the insurer is passported in with XAX against Markerstudy Insurance LTD by way of example. Kiril is a leading junior the field of insurance litigation and acts for both claimants and defendants. He specialises in large loss and technical claims and is experienced in catastrophic injuries, fatal accident claims and counter fraud.
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15/12/2020 15:51
https://www.7br.co.uk/2020/12/7br-part-heard-12-days-of-christmas-kiril-waite/
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Love them or hate them: Virtual hearings are here to stay
We recently conducted a survey of our disputes lawyers globally and our network of advocate contacts. The aim was to get a sense of how the profession is reacting to the substantial changes it has seen and whether the continued use of virtual hearings in the longer term is likely to be beneficial, or detrimental, to the interests of litigants and the administration of justice. The views expressed varied widely but what was clear is that these questions are playing on the minds of many in the legal sector. We received responses from people with experience of litigating in courts and tribunals in more than 15 countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, the UAE, the UK, and the United States, to name a few. In this article, we discuss the widely varying responses we received and what this might mean for the future of virtual hearings around the globe.
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11/12/2020 10:17
https://www.allenovery.com/en-gb/global/news-and-insights/publications/love-them-or-hate-them-virtual-hearings-are-here-to-stay
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Virtual hearings and trials: Where we are, how we got here and where we’re going
When the UK went into lockdown in March, the English judiciary and civil courts showed an immediate willingness to adapt quickly to the situation by embracing virtual trials and hearings. This has cemented the English court’s reputation as one of the leading international dispute resolution jurisdictions. In this article, Associate in our Commercial Litigation team Aleks Valkov, examine how these virtual hearings and trials have worked in practice and what we can expect going forward.
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11/12/2020 10:16
https://www.stewartslaw.com/news/virtual-hearings-and-trials-where-we-are-how-we-got-here-and-where-were-going/
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Theatre and majesty of live court gets lost online
A Harvard Law School webinar has heard from the England and Wales Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, that the administration of justice will continue to move online in the post-pandemic era, because of the volume of litigation. The law, he says, is about dispute resolution in civil matters, and parties should focus on this rather than on the procedural steps to be followed.
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11/12/2020 10:15
https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/theatre-and-majesty-of-live-court-gets-lost-in-online-hearings/
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Watch now – International arbitration webinar: The psychology of virtual hearings
Partners Peter Ashford and Ben Giaretta joined Dr Ula Cartwright-Finch from Cortex Capital and Lucy Greenwood from Greenwood Arbitration. Our panel of experienced arbitration practitioners together with a psychologist discussed how to navigate virtual hearings in the current climate and the practical issues and solutions that legal teams, witnesses and tribunals are facing.
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10/12/2020 09:18
https://www.foxwilliams.com/2020/11/12/international-arbitration-webinar-the-psychology-of-virtual-hearings/
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Building trust with clients you’ve mever met in Family Law
Going through proceedings in the Family Court will likely be the most difficult thing a person will ever have to face. For many, Covid-19 restrictions have made the process much harder and more distressing to navigate. Developing a sense of trust and security with your client should be in the very DNA of a Family Lawyer. Yet the reality today is that Family Lawyers may not have even met most of their clients in person this year.
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10/12/2020 09:14
https://www.msbsolicitors.co.uk/building-trust-with-clients-youve-mever-met-in-family-law/
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Virtual Trials and War Room Design
There are no treatises or handbooks on how to conduct a trial during a global pandemic, but health and safety concerns have to be your primary concern. There is still a lot we do not know about Covid-19, so it is important to focus on the basic principles we do know—stay socially distanced from the people you need to be around, and critically assess who actually needs to be in the room where it happens. In complex trials with a large team of lawyers, paralegals, hot seat operators and other support staff, setting up a trial “war room” during a pandemic is a significant undertaking.
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09/12/2020 15:15
https://www.milbank.com/images/content/1/4/v2/145970/Virtual-Trials-and-War-Room-Design.pdf
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Sustainability and Diversity in the Newly Virtual World of International Arbitration
Climate change and increasing calls for greater diversity in the workplace have been making headlines daily. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world, including that of international arbitration, has turned to a virtual setting to conduct many of its operations. While this new terrain has resulted in technical obstacles and challenges, it has also created greater opportunity to adopt environmentally-friendly policies and simultaneously “level the playing field” for historically disadvantaged actors in the field of international arbitration, particularly underrepresented women and minorities. In this post, we explore the opportunities and potential pitfalls that longer-term behavioural changes triggered by the pandemic represent for arbitration from a sustainability and diversity perspective.
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09/12/2020 13:11
http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/12/09/sustainability-and-diversity-in-the-newly-virtual-world-of-international-arbitration/
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EVENT: Arbitral Institutions at times of COVID – ICC and GIAC experiences
Join us for this interactive workshop exploring the ICC Court and GIAC experience at times of COVID, dedicated to the new reality in arbitration caused by pandemic. This 90-minute digital event will take the form of a live debate followed by a questions and answers session.
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08/12/2020 15:28
https://2go.iccwbo.org/icc-arbitral-institutions-at-times-of-covid-icc-and-giac-experiences.html?_cldee=bGF1cmEubWFzdGVyc0BjbHlkZWNvLmNvbQ%3d%3d&recipientid=contact-3319d1b5c45eea11a811000d3abaad31-1198db39efe24e10a77eb4797c58f2bd&esid=7d7c0df4-1a36-eb11-a813-000d3abaad31
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Canada Arbitration Week 2020: Key Takeaways From A Webinar With Arbitration Place, ICDR And ICDR Canada
This is an account providing insight on the growing momentum of remote hearings as an opportunity to reinvent not merely reconstitute past arbitration and litigation practices. The information presented in this article have been sourced from a webinar held on 22 September 2020 that Oblin Rechtsanwälte GmbH took part in. Drawing on the experience shared and predictions made by participants of the event, contributors departed recognizing the considerable opportunity offered by the current transition to both revisit and streamline current practices as well as considering how to carry them forward into the future.
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08/12/2020 14:58
https://www.mondaq.com/canada/arbitration-dispute-resolution/1013394/canada-arbitration-week-2020-key-takeaways-from-a-webinar-with-arbitration-place-icdr-and-icdr-canada