Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)

𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 1 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2027. 30 October 2026 – Independent Sector Complaints Adjudication Service (ISCAS) will become the Private Healthcare Ombudsman on 1 April 2027, following approval of its application for Ombudsman Membership by the Ombudsman Association. ISCAS has provided independent adjudication of patient complaints about private healthcare since 2001. Its nearly 300 subscribing providers, across all four nations of the UK, range from major hospital groups to independent clinics, doctors and NHS private patient units. The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) notes that 97% of independent healthcare providers in England subscribe to the scheme.   Ombudsman status recognises that the scheme meets the Association’s criteria for independence, fairness, effectiveness, openness, transparency and accountability. The Association’s Validation Committee said the application reflected “careful preparation, mature governance arrangements, and a clear commitment to meeting both the letter and spirit of the OA’s membership criteria”. The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), an independent registered charity, has worked with ISCAS since 2015, initially hosting the service and then acquiring it in 2022. ISCAS now operates independently as part of the CEDR Group, giving the service a strong institutional base while preserving its impartial decision-making. This relationship will continue when ISCAS becomes the Private Healthcare Ombudsman. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 For patients, the route for making a complaint is unchanged. Complaints should first be raised with the provider and, if they remain unresolved, may be referred for independent review. The scheme considers complaints about care, service and clinicians’ conduct, but it does not determine clinical negligence claims or award compensation for an unsatisfactory clinical outcome. From 1 April 2027, that review will be carried out by the Private Healthcare Ombudsman. The telephone number will remain the same, and existing web links will continue to work. For subscribing providers, there is no change to the complaints process, timescales or subscription arrangements. ISCAS Limited will operate as the Private Healthcare Ombudsman from 1 April 2027, and existing agreements will continue unchanged. Subscribers will be contacted directly ahead of that date with guidance on updating their complaints policies and response letters.

I’m happy to share that I’ve completed my CEDR Accredited Mediator Evaluation at Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) A big "Thank You" for all your guidance and knowledge: Felicity Steadman, Fehmi Karami, Caroline Reynolds, Dorothée Bernard, and many more. We had so much fun together: Peter McBride, Cora Robinson, Katey Martin, Scott Riswold, George Lambrou FCIArb, Katarzyna KLAUS, Inigo Kwan-Parsons, and more. With gratitude #Mediation #Conflictresolution #ADR

Congratulations to Oliver Hallam for his Band 3 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide, up from Band 4 last year. Oliver has been 4 years ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦." His client feedback highlights: "𝘖𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯; 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘖𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴." “𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩." Oliver's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/eZTPPrBf

Congratulations to Frederick Way for his Band 4 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide. This is Frederick's first year ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴." His client feedback highlights: "𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 - 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤." “𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴." Frederick's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/e2UcC4Ac

Congratulations to Neil Goodrum for his Band 3 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide. Neil has been 15 years ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘌𝘋𝘙 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴." Neil's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/eYPZgZxX

Congratulations to Julia Burns for her Band 3 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide. Julia has been 4 years ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴." Her client feedback highlights: "𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." “𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴." "𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘘 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯��𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." Julia's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/eDd-pa7Y

When a fund fails, the problem rarely stays in one place. Investors, managers, directors, administrators, insurers and regulators can all end up in separate proceedings over the same economic loss. In Article 4 of our Spotlight Series on banking and finance dispute resolution, Michael Bass FCIArb draws on Woodford, H2O, GAM and Greensill to show why asset management disputes multiply. Michael also explains how mediation can shift the focus from individual claims to the problem behind them, opening up solutions a court judgment rarely can. Read the full article 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezA-v3Sf

Congratulations to Gillian Caroe for her Band 3 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide. Gillian has been 6 years ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘌𝘋𝘙 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴." Her client feedback highlights: "𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴." “𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." "𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴." Gillian's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/eXsZKw68

What happens when a dispute is no longer just between two parties, but involves governments, investors, political interests and institutional power? Join us on 27th October for a Masterclass Webinar on 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓-𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆. Register here - https://lnkd.in/enNTBPed In a candid, interview-style conversation, Frauke Nitschke, Chief Counsel at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and internationally recognised mediator Birgit Sambeth will share practical cases, challenges and lessons learned from some of the most complex disputes in the international arena. They’ll explore: 🔹 When mediation adds value in an investor-state dispute 🔹 How to mediate when one party is a government or sovereign state 🔹 The impact of political and institutional pressure on the process 🔹 Why these disputes are so difficult to resolve 🔹 Lessons for mediators and lawyers when the stakes escalate 🔹 The future of investor-state mediation and conciliation A rare opportunity to hear directly from two experienced practitioners and get behind the theory to the realities of resolving high-stakes international disputes. 📅 27th October 🕠 17:30 - 19:00 (UK Time) 💻 Online (via Zoom) Register here - https://lnkd.in/enNTBPed

Congratulations to Alan Jacobs for his Band 3 ranking in the 2027 Chambers & Partners 2027 UK Guide, up from Band 4 last year. Alan has been 4 years ranked and the editorial team note: "𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘌𝘋𝘙 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴." His client feedback highlights: "𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺." “𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳." "𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵." "𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳." Alan's full Chambers & Partners profile - https://lnkd.in/eVUvV7rM