With space activities continuing to gather interest and serious business activity, much has happened since the first edition in 2017 of Outer Space Law: Legal Policy and Practice. In this blog, Nicholas Gould considers what’s new in the second edition, due for publication in April 2022, including a review of his chapter which deals with dispute resolution in relation to outer space activities.
Our collective thoughts
With the battleground set for disputes over inflated prices and delays, Lucinda Robinson considers what parties can do to defend their positions under existing contracts and how to arm themselves for future conflict in contracts being negotiated now.
Roma Patel considers proposed changes and the latest developments in the Building Safety Bill which affect developers who work in the residential development sector.
Sana Mahmud discusses the proposed, upcoming changes to the ICSID rules.
George Boddy looks at the case of John Doyle v Erith in more detail, briefly recaps some of the earlier instalments of adjudication versus insolvency, and considers to what extent insolvent companies are allowed to play the “game” of adjudication.
Matt Simson looks at the question of when can the paying party commence a “true value” adjudication in circumstances where it has failed to issue the required payment and/or pay less notices.
Claire King looks at the Law Commission’s announcement to review the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”), a review which comes some 25 years after the legislation first came into force.






Jeremy Glover
Ted Lowery
Nicholas Gould
Andrew Davies
Claire King
Lucinda Robinson
Martin Ewen
Sana Mahmud
Adele Parsons
George Boddy
Mark Pantry
Ben Smith
Laura Bowler
Katherine Butler
Andrew Jeffcoat
Ruth Leake
Matthew Simson
Paul Smylie
Huw Wilkins