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A sanctions designation in Washington can simultaneously trigger a force majeure notice in Singapore, a MAC dispute in London and a valuation fight in a treaty arbitration. Five practitioners at LIDW 2026 examined each front, and found the same issue at the centre of every one: causation.
From Brexit to the erosion of US institutional independence, a former Downing Street Chief of Staff, a former Lord Chancellor and a former US Ambassador agreed that the rule of law must now be actively defended — not assumed — at a time when legal institutions face unprecedented political challenge.
At LIDW26, Mr. Sean West examined how geopolitical fragmentation, legal uncertainty and rapid advances in artificial intelligence are creating an increasingly “unruly” world and reshaping the future of international dispute resolution.