Andrew Judkins

Nov 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Ruth Cowley |Andrew Judkins

The potential applications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in disputes has attracted the interest of stakeholders across the legal sector. The conduct of international arbitration, with its focus on party autonomy and procedural flexibility, will increasingly need to grapple with the use (and misuse) of generative AI. In this article, we examine three areas that are likely to be impacted. Arbitrator selection is a critical issue for parties and institutions.

Jun 27, 2024 | mankatofreepress.com | Andrew Judkins

In response to "Cheap shots on Trump, bleach and COVID":It’s hard to take cheap shots at a man who’s entire political existence has been one giant cheap shot against American values. Any false equivalency defense of Trump is dangerous and anti-American. It’s also disingenuous. A large segment of supposed media on cable and online is functioning as right-wing propaganda, which first and foremost provides apologist cover for Trump.

Apr 30, 2024 | mondaq.com | Paul Stothard |Joseph Bentley |Andrew Judkins |Olivia Fox

In a long-running dispute, taking in no less than three arbitrations spanning 26 years cumulatively (involving allegations of state interference in the arbitral process), the Court has provided useful guidance on the ss.67 and 68 challenges, particularly in the context of investor-state claims, including: the importance of raising jurisdiction and serious irregularity objections in a clear, positive and timely manner during the arbitration (and maintaining the objections throughout) to avoid...

Jan 31, 2024 | mondaq.com | Andrew Judkins |Laura Limone

In Felicity Harber v The Commissioners for HMRC [2023] UKFTT 1007 (TC), the Appellant appealed a tax penalty issued by His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for failure to notify HMRC of a capital gains tax liability following a property disposal. In doing so, the Appellant (who was a litigant in person) relied upon nine decisions, none of which were genuine cases – they were in fact fictitious cases generated by AI.

Jan 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Andrew Judkins

In Pantheon International Advisors Ltd v Co-Diagnostics, Inc [2023] EWHC 1984 (KB), the High Court considered the evidentiary standard a party must satisfy when seeking to rely on CPR 6.33(2B)(b) as the basis for serving a claim form out of the jurisdiction. This gateway for service, introduced in the CPR post-Brexit, permits service of a claim form out of the jurisdiction without the court's permission where the claim falls within a valid jurisdiction agreement in favour of the English courts.