Author: Megan Rippin

Space Law & Policy Course

Space Law & Policy Course – On 4 November 2024, Oonagh Sands spoke at the annual three-day course of the London Institute of Space Policy and Law, of which she is a faculty member. The discussion covered the legal regime of outer space. For further details, click here.

London Conference of International Law 2024

London Conference of International Law 2024 – On 18 October 2024, Dr Gershon Hasin spoke on a panel assessing developments Space Law. The panel examined current developments in an area which is the subject of increasing international attention and concern. The conference programme is available here.

London Conference of International Law 2024

London Conference of International Law 2024 – On 17 October 2024, Oonagh Sands spoke on a panel assessing developments in deep seabed mining and the role of international law and institutions, including the International Seabed Authority. The conference programme is available here.

BIICL Event on Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes

BIICL Event on Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes – On 15 October 2024, Oonagh Sands spoke on a panel titled “Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes – Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits”. The event was organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Further details are here.

IBRU Training on Maritime Boundary Delimitation

IBRU Training on Maritime Boundary Delimitation – on 11 September 2024, Stephen Fietta KC (with Amy Sander of Essex Court Chambers) presented a workshop to national legal advisers and negotiators on the delimitation of territorial sea, EEZ and continental shelf boundaries

ITLOS Workshop for Legal Advisers

ITLOS Workshop for Legal Advisers – on 5 September 2024, Stephen Fietta KC addressed a workshop for national legal advisers at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg on the topic “The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles”

2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators guide

2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators guide: Stephen Fietta and Laura Rees-Evans have been recognised as leading global litigators by Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Litigators guide.  They are two of only 17 practitioners listed in the “public international law” category.  Both were also recognised in both the inaugural and subsequent Lawdragon global guides (also in public international law).  For more information see here.

81st ILA Conference: “International Law in a Fluid World”, Athens: on 27 June 2024 Stephen Fietta KC spoke on a panel entitled “Moving Dispute Settlement Forward”, covering topics including the role of negotiations, the ICJ’s growing case list, provisional measures, third-party intervention and the future of investment arbitration.  For further details, click here