How Far Do Tribunals Have a Duty to Investigate Corruption? The Kenyan High Court Has Its Word

February 14, 2019

It is twelve years since an ICSID tribunal dismissed World Duty Free’s claim against the Republic of Kenya for breach of a lease agreement signed in 1989. As is well known, the claimant obtained the contract with a $2 million bribe to former President Moi, and the tribunal held, inter alia, that it could not uphold a claim based on a contract obtained through corruption, deeming it contrary to international public policy (World Duty Free Company …

Focus on Regulation

HRLA panel discusses growing significance of commercial human rights post-Brexit

By Charles Brasted, Dervla Simm & Matt Coleman

July 17, 2017

Before a central London audience earlier this month, Charles Brasted, partner and head of public law and policy at Hogan Lovells, and leading QCs Tim Ward, Jessica Simor and Gerry Facenna reflected on the likely impact of the UK’s withdrawal on commercial human rights law and the constitutional settlement in England and Wales. There was something for everyone in the balanced and varied positions assumed by the panel members: some emphasised the flexibility of the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Wikitribune and broken news

By Charles Brasted, Elina Eriksson & Matt Coleman

May 24, 2017

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales completes crowd-funding this week for his latest venture: Wikitribune, a news platform that, while not affiliated with Wikipedia, applies Wikipedia’s collaborative model to journalism. Wales intends to hire ten full-time journalists to work alongside the wiki community to author, fact-check and verify articles. This, he hopes, will provide a more reliable form of media and an antidote to what he describes as “broken news”. Wales’ proposed approach to news reporting highlights…

Focus on Regulation

Calling time on time limits?

By Charles Brasted & Matt Coleman

March 23, 2017

CPR 54.5(2) is clear: the time limit for filing the claim form for judicial review may not be extended by agreement of the parties. The justification for the rule is well-known. Undue delay sits uncomfortably with good administration since public bodies need certainty as to the validity of their decisions – and third parties need to be able to rely on those decisions (see R (Law Society) v LSC). But should parties be able to…

Matt Coleman

How Far Do Tribunals Have a Duty to Investigate Corruption? The Kenyan High Court Has Its Word

HRLA panel discusses growing significance of commercial human rights post-Brexit

Wikitribune and broken news

Calling time on time limits?

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