The
Dispute Resolution
Yearbook

Rob Fell is a partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department at Travers Smith.
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Travers Smith Dispute Resolution Yearbook.
This really wonderful document is a first for us as a team. We decided in producing it that we wanted to encapsulate within the four corners of one publication those things that we think most mark us out as a distinctive and special practice, in what is a crowded and highly competitive field.
We wanted to create something that drew on our formidable strengths as a broad and deep disputes practice; but which also spoke to the quality of our people, how proud we are of each other, and our togetherness as a team.
We wanted to engage, to provoke thought, and to open a window for those who read this publication into how we as a disputes team operate, and into what motivates and excites us. I hope that we have delivered on these aspirations – there should be something in here for everyone, and there might indeed be many things for many people. But you should be the judge of that.
Many of the photographs you see of us in this Yearbook were taken before any of us had ever heard of Covid-19; and we have consciously chosen to include them because they are a signal of hope - for ourselves, and for our clients, peers and friends around the world.
Our take on developments to mass claims procedures, including litigation funding and class actions.
Members of our Dispute Resolution team tell us why they work here.
Partners in our transactional and advisory practices give their perspectives on the challenges and litigation risk they see arising in the future.
We cover recent trends in Civil fraud, with some examples from our own experience, and a conversation with Stephen Paget-Brown.
Learn more about the D&I work we are doing, as well as some of the experiences of the Dispute Resolution team.
UK Courts contemplate a broader scope of corporate liability to hold businesses accountable.
We look at the things to consider when personal data and money is stolen online.
See our work with charities on a pro bono basis, plus an interview with Sam Cottman, Director of Pro Bono.
Find out how we can help you and your business navigate Brexit, as well as a Q&A on London's future as a leading centre for dispute resolution.
Mass Claims Procedures in England and Wales
Litigation Funding and Class Actions
Notes on a Scandal: Trends in Civil Fraud
In conversation with Stephen Paget-Brown
Corporate liability: the expanding scope of risk
The Law of Parent Company Liability in Negligence
The liability of corporates for the acts of 'pure' third parties
Developments in Vicarious Liability
The growing threat of cybercrime
Q&A on impact of Brexit on London as dispute resolution centre
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