Monthly Archives: May 2020

The Disclosure Pilot Scheme: Views From The Ground – Johnny Shearman

In the 30th Anniversary edition of Thomson Reuters’ PLC Magazine, Signature Litigation’s Professional Support Lawyer, Johnny Shearman, and Graham Jackson, Director of eDiscovery Legal Services at London Legal, consider the key features and challenges of the disclosure pilot scheme from the point of view of both the solicitor and the electronic disclosure expert.

May 29, 2020

The DGCCRF and online platforms’ duty to inform consumers – Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Lorène Massé

Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Lorène Massé discuss the result of an investigation by the DGCCRF on digital platforms, and more specifically, their duty to inform, in Lawyer Monthly.

May 29, 2020

Signature Litigation snaps up Snelling

Specialist litigation and arbitration law firm, Signature Litigation, today announces the appointment of commercial litigator Tom Snelling to Partner at its London office.

May 28, 2020

How should insurers address cyber risks – a french perspective – Emmanuèle Lutfalla, Deborah Azerraf, Alice Decramer, Simon Fitzpatrick

Partner Emmanuèle Lutfalla, Associates Deborah Azerraf and Alice Decramer and Trainee Simon Fitzpatrick, examine how insurers should approach the use of cyber risk insurance policies, from a French law perspective, in Actuarial Post. 

May 27, 2020

Partner Elliott Phillips recognised in Citywealth’s Top 100 trust litigators and polymaths

We are pleased to announce that Partner Elliott Phillips has been recognised in Citywealth’s Top 100 trust litigators and polymaths.

May 22, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: an opportunity to rethink cyber insurance? – Emmanuèle Lutfalla, Deborah Azerraf, Alice Decramer, Eva Biezunski

Partner Emmanuèle Lutfalla, Associates Deborah Azerraf and Alice Decramer, and Eva Biezunski discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic and the surge of cyber attacks on this occasion represents a good opportunity to reflect on cyber insurance products, in Le Monde du Droit. 

May 18, 2020

Toxic tort in France: worse than across the Atlantic… – Sylvie Gallage-Alwis

Partner Sylvie Gallage-Alwis discusses how Toxic tort is developing even more negatively in France for businesses who are today the target of multiple disputes related to exposure to a substance or risk.

May 11, 2020

Where there’s a Will there’s a Rock – Elliott Phillips and Simon Everington

Elliott Phillips and Simon Everington discuss the subject of estate planning, in particular the use of wills, in Gibraltar on behalf of foreign-based individuals who have or are thinking of acquiring assets in that jurisdiction, in Offshore Red.

May 06, 2020

Strikes, riots and popular movements: an ambiguous response to a chronic risk – Emmanuèle Lutfalla

Partner Emmanuèle Lutfalla discusses the evolution of the risk posed by strikes, riots, and popular movements and the impact of its transformation on the liability regime, in La Tribune de l’Assurance. 

May 05, 2020

Agreeing to arbitrate to mitigate delays caused by COVID-19 – Ioannis Alexopoulos and Ryan Cable

Partner, Ioannis Alexopoulos, and Senior Associate, Ryan Cable, discuss the benefits of arbitration to ease the strain on the UK courts and why it is so well suited to the current demands of COVID-19.

May 05, 2020