
The editors of the DIFC Courts Practice, Rupert Reed QC (Serle Court), and Tom Montagu-Smith QC (XXIV Old Buildings), and the contributors would like to thank you for attending the 5 sessions of the series. We hope the series delivered the opportunity for practitioners to consolidate their knowledge of the core areas of DIFC law and to consider recent developments.
Please see below the recordings for all 5 sessions including the 15 answers asked during the quiz on Thursday, 2nd July.
DIFC Live Webinar Series – Topics and recordings
Tuesday, 28 April: Jurisdiction
Chapter contributor – James Weale (Serle Court)
Tuesday, 5 May: Conduit jurisdiction & the JJC
Chapter contributor – Harris Bor (Twenty Essex)
Tuesday, 19 May: Arbitration
Chapter contributor – Gregor Hogan (Serle Court)
Tuesday, 16 June: Substantive law (including Contract Law)
Chapter contributors – Jonathan McDonagh (Serle Court) and Matthew Watson (XXIV Old Buildings)
Thursday, 2 July: Procedural law and Appeals
Chapter contributors – Dan McCourt Fritz (Serle Court), Sophia Hurst (Serle Court), and Harris Bor (Twenty Essex)
Quiz answers and winners!
We’re delighted to announce that the joint winners of our DIFC Courts Practice webinar quiz were Saakidhya Manohara (Clyde & Co) and Heidi Paget-Brown (Reed Smith). We’ll be sending a copy of the book to each of them. Well done!
Please get in touch with our marketing team here, if you’d like to hear from our members on different topics and formats.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Call: 1996
Silk: 2014
Call: 2007
Silk: 2023
James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.
He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.
He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.
Call: 2007
Silk: 2026
Call: 2011
Call: 2016