London International Disputes Week 2024 - Registration now open

Registrations are now open for LIDW 2024 including the Core Conference which last year was a sell out. Booking early is recommended to take advantage of the early bird ticket price.

Taking place from 3rd to 7th June, LIDW 2024 encourages discussion, debate, and collaboration across all aspects of dispute resolution.

IPOS will be holding two events this year:

Rethinking Negotiation: Challenging conventional thinking on how to reach an agreement

Join this lively and interactive panel session hosted by a Mediator, a Disputes Lawyer and a Professor of Negotiation to:

• Explore new developments in negotiation psychology

• How to avoid Common Negotiation Mistakes (made by even the most experienced negotiators!)

• Understand your natural Negotiation Personality

• Harness the ‘human side’ of negotiation

Panellists:

Rebecca Attree, Mediator, IPOS Mediation

Natalie Reynolds, Professor of Negotiation

Ben Longworth, Partner, Farrer & Co

Hosted at Farrers Weds 5 June

2.00 - 3.30

but with sandwich lunch beforehand from 1.30pm.

Money, Power and Family Feuds - the anatomy of offshore trust disputes

In this session, we will explore some of the current themes in offshore trust litigation, including:

• Common causes of disputes

• The trustee's perspective - what happens when a family goes to war?

• Capacity to make decisions - settlors, office holders and the scope of trustees' powers

• Succession, fact or fiction? Trust disputes involving family businesses

• Transparency - can trust disputes ever remain private?

• Blessings, surrenders and directions - what steps can a trustee take?

Panellists:

Arabella Murphy, Mediator, IPOS Mediation

Russell Clark - Carey Olsen Guernsey

Geoff Kertesz - Stewarts

Janice Callander - IQ-EQ Jersey

Hosted by Stewarts, Friday 7 June

9:00am – 10:30am.