This podcast is a recording of the 4 New Square Chambers panel discussion, ‘Choosing Your Arbitration Tribunal’, from London Arbitration Week 2025. The panel discuss the practical and strategic considerations involved in constituting an arbitral tribunal. The session combined recent case examples with institutional perspectives and reform initiatives, offering both technical guidance and strategic insights […]
Listen nowThirty years on from the landmark decision in Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons, Sir Rupert Jackson, Roger Stewart KC, and Hugh Evans reflect on its lasting impact on professional negligence law and the application of its principles in modern litigation. They discuss the development of the loss of a chance doctrine, its use across […]
Listen now4 New Square Chambers’ George McDonald and Matt Waszak explore new representative actions and the complex interplay between litigation funding and class actions, addressing the legal challenges that arise. They emphasise the importance of courts making early rulings on funding arrangements to ensure the viability of class actions. Key Topics Discussed: Funding Challenges: Issues related […]
Listen nowIn this latest episode in our costs and litigation funding mini-series, 4 New Square Chambers’ Nicholas Bacon KC, George McDonald, and Ben Smiley provide an authoritative analysis of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and the key cost-related issues that are arising in CAT proceedings. This episode will cover: The CAT’s approach to litigation funding arrangements, […]
Listen nowIn this episode of our costs and litigation funding mini-series, Roger Mallalieu KC, Hugh Evans, and Ben Smiley examine security for costs. They discuss the fundamental principles and offer top tips for successfully making a security for costs application. The episode also explores the use of after the event insurance (ATE Insurance) and Anti-Avoidance Endorsements […]
Listen nowIn the second episode of our costs and litigation funding mini-series, 4 New Square Chambers’ Benjamin Williams KC and Theo Barclay discuss the complexities of costs in group litigation. They discuss the distinction between individual and common costs, examining the mechanisms designed to simplify the allocation of common costs and offering insights into how these […]
Listen nowJoin 4 New Square Chambers’ Robert Marven KC, Pippa Manby, and Theo Barclay as they launch our mini-series on costs and litigation funding. In this opening episode, the team delves into the repercussions of the Supreme Court’s unexpected ruling in Paccar, which sent shockwaves through the industry. They recount a tumultuous year marked by this […]
Listen nowIn this podcast episode, 4 New Square Chambers Barristers Clare Dixon KC and Ben Smiley explore the SRA’s guidance on SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), the implications for litigation conduct and the challenges it presents to solicitors, COLPs and GCs. With the publication on 31 May 2024 of the SRA’s updated Warning Notice on SLAPPs, […]
Listen nowIn this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, Helen Evans KC, Marie-Claire O’Kane and Will Cook explain all you need to know about audit, discuss key judgments and legal developments and consider what might lie ahead in auditor’s negligence.
Listen nowIn this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, barristers Amanda Savage KC, Paul Parker and Ben Smiley discuss all you need to know about applications for wasted costs; what they are, how you go about making them and what hurdles there might be.
Listen nowIn this podcast, Siân Mirchandani KC and Daniel Saoul KC discuss their practice, life at the bar and their journey to becoming Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) at 4 New Square Chambers – and what being a KC means to a career at the Bar.
Listen nowIn this podcast, junior barrister Hannah Daly shares her journey to the Commercial Bar, offering insights into the pupillage experience, her first year as a tenant at 4 New Square Chambers, and the lessons she has learned along the way.
Listen nowThinking about pupillage? Hear from Seohyung Kim and Melody Hadfield on their path to the Bar, tips for success, and what their pupillage year at 4 New Square Chambers was really like.
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