London International Disputes Week 2026

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 11:30 – 13:00

An experienced panel of lawyers from the UK share their insights on how to successfully bring fraud and asset recovery claims involving high profile cross-border fraud before the English Courts including:

• exploring key recent cases;
• the gateways to establish jurisdiction;
• strategies for success; and
• tips on how to deal with a fast changing landscape.

Speakers

• Alexander Milner KC, Fountain Court Chambers
• Andrew Durant, senior advisor , FTI Consulting
• Heather Rankin, senior associate, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
• Phillip D’Costa , partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Members hosts

• Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
• HSF Kramer

Venue: Penningtons Manches Cooper, 125 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AW

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Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 16:30 – 18:00

With a focus on the practical realities faced by practitioners, this discussion explores the increasing appearance of deepfakes and falsified digital evidence in legal disputes. The panel will draw on real-world examples and their professional experience to examine how manipulated digital content is already impacting investigations, litigation, and disputes in general.

The session begins with the digital forensic perspective, examining cases in which deepfakes, or falsified digital documents have been identified during investigations. This section will explore both how such material is created and some available methods used to detect and analyse it.

We then turn to the legal perspective, starting with the experience of disputes lawyers encountering suspected or proven falsified digital evidence in contentious matters. Highlighting the importance of awareness of such practices in disputes, and some considerations when dealing with suspicious content. This will be followed by discussion from a family law perspective, where digital communications and recordings play an increasingly central evidential role and the importance of identifying falsified content can have lifechanging implications for those involved.

Finally, the panel will conclude with an alternative viewpoint: “deepfakes for good” – Discussing legitimate and beneficial uses of avatar and synthetic media generating tools, highlighting both the opportunities and the ethical considerations associated with their adoption.

Speakers

• Charlotte Hill, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Eleanor Moodey, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Dr. Tristan Jenkinson, head of forensics and investigations, Sky Discovery

Members Hosts

• Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Sky Discovery Ltd

Venue: Pennington Manches Cooper, 125 Wood St, London, EC2V 7AW

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Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 11:30 – 13:00

Despite initial institutional scepticism, increasing regulatory recognition around the world confirms that digital assets are here to stay. But as the industry matures, and bitcoin draws down meaningfully again from its highs, we cannot forget how the sector’s birth pains have involved some spectacular collapses along the way. Given the volatility and nascence of the digital economy, it is unsurprising that insolvency is one of the key areas where the crypto bros are colliding headlong into the hard realities of the commercial world. Join us for some hot topics from the intersection of digital assets and insolvency.

Speakers

• Charlotte Hill, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Edward Crossley, barrister, 4 Stone Buildings
• James Harrison, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Members Hosts

• Penningtons Manches Cooper
• 4 Stone Buildings

Venue: Penningtons Manches Cooper, 125 Wood St, London, EC2V 7AW

For more information and to register, click here.

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: ​​​​​​16:30 – 18:00

This London International Disputes Week, join the Law Society and Penningtons Manches Cooper for a panel discussion exploring what the data tells us about London’s position as a leading global dispute resolution hub.

As competition between jurisdictions intensifies, global businesses need reliable dispute resolution systems that prioritise digital dexterity, procedural efficiency and legal certainty. Increasingly, the data shows their preferred venue is London.

In this panel discussion, members of the judiciary, business and legal communities will explore this highly competitive market through the lens of data analysis from the UK courts. The discussion will focus on what this means in practice for those advising on and managing cross-border disputes – including how to support client decision making and strategic positioning.

The discussion and Q&A will be followed by a business networking reception, hosted by the Law Society. Here you’ll have the opportunity to build your international network and connect with stakeholders within the domestic and international legal sector.

Speakers

• Charlotte Hill, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Flavia Baldotto, head of customer success, Solomonic
• Maria Mulla – barrister – Maitland Chambers
• The Honourable Mrs Justice Dias DBE, Judge of the Commercial Court
• The Honourable Mr Justice Waksman, Judge of the Commercial Court and of the Technology and Construction Court

Members Hosts

• The Law Society of England and Wales
• Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Venue: Council Chamber, The Law Society of England and Wales, 113 Chancery Ln, London, WC2A 1PL

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Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 16:30 – 18:00

The Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 prevents enforcement of a foreign judgment for multiple damages. This talk will explore the genesis of the 1980 Act and how it interacts with public policy considerations, especially in light of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corp Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1667. Against that background, the speakers will consider public policy and related issues that touch on the recognition of arbitral awards in England and Wales.

Speakers

• George Mingay, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
• Roger Laville, barrister, New Square Chambers

Members Hosts

• New Square Chambers
• Penningtons Manches

Venue: New Square Chambers, 12 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3SW

For more information and to register, click here.