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IBA Annual Litigation Forum - The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!

15 Apr - 17 Apr 2026

Session information

News from the world: the latest in transnational litigation

Friday 17 April (1130 - 1300)

Description

A fast-moving, jurisdiction-spanning tour of developments including: the expanding landscape of cross-border disputes; funding the flight; regulatory scrutiny; courts under pressure and their solutions; forum competition and collaboration; procedural innovations; how litigators are navigating the thickets that digital communications created; and how litigations are balancing freedom of information and public interest with confidentiality and data protection, helping ask what they need to prepare for.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Jane Colston	Brown Rudnick LLP, London, England; Senior Vice Chair, Litigation Committee
Lydia Danon	Cooke Young & Keidan, London, England

Speakers

Adrian Chadwick	Hadef & Partners, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Preetha Sreedharan Pillai	SKRINE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Member, Asia Pacific Regional Forum Advisory Board
Andrew Stafford KC	Kobre & Kim, London, England
Nicholas Tse	Alem & Associates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Leanne Zheng	JunHe, Beijing, China

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