This year Legal Business International Arbitration Summit sees a focus on the development of arbitration in the Covid era, including the opportunities and challenges facing arbitration centres to adapt to new ways of working; the types of disputes most likely to arise from the pandemic; and the emergence of new jurisdictions as seats.
Paul Reed KC will be chairing a panel looking at Business interruption claims and the pandemic – what have we learned? Following Lloyd’s of London insurer Hiscox recently agreeing an arbitration settlement with the Hiscox Action Group over business interruption losses precipitated by the government’s Covid-19 lockdown last year, this panel will examine the fallout from the case and how arbitration will be used to run these claims in future.
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