Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (accompanying slides)

Accompanying slides to SoCLA webinar presented by Adam Constable QC, Lucy Garrett QC, Samuel Townsend QC, Robert Fenwick Elliott and Jennie Wild of Keating Chambers.

In this session, Keating Chambers cover:
• An overview of the law in respect of fiduciary duties, duties of confidentiality and expert duties.
• Discussion of the UK court decision in A Company v Secretariat Consulting [2021] EWCA Civ 6.
• The Australian position on conflicts of interest.
• Other Australian law considerations (comparative law re dirty/clean experts and expert shopping).
• Practical considerations (scope of expert retainers, how to contract out of fiduciary duties, injunctions etc).

Author
Adam Constable QC, Lucy Garrett QC, Samuel Townsend QC, Robert Fenwick Elliott and Jennie Wild
Publication year
2021