Paddy established and leads our international practice. The breadth of his personal practice reflects his many years dealing clients’ international legal issues, whatever they may be, and explains why he is an accomplished corporate lawyer, commercial lawyer, shipping lawyer, finance lawyer and litigation lawyer.
Recently, the predominant part of Paddy’s practice has been international litigation and arbitration, but he also advises on international trade Law (including investment treaties), EU law, competition law, banking and finance, and energy & natural resources. Paddy is well-connected in numerous jurisdictions and in larger matters he is able to convene teams of lawyers (from Laytons and from its international partners) and other professionals.
Paddy has a close understanding of the way different legal systems work, the cultures that underpin them, and how they fit together (or in some case, don’t fit together). This knowledge informs all his legal work and enables him to provide insightful direction to international legal strategies.
Paddy is co-author of European Product Liabilities (First and Second editions - Butterworths) and is a Freeman of the City of London.
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Qualified as a Solicitor in 1978
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As we reach the end of October, it’s time to reflect on the significant achievements and contributions of Laytons ETL over the last month. It’s been a busy month filled with international conferences, knowledge sharing and team socials!
Data serves a vital role in training artificial intelligence (AI) models. Data is scraped from various sources including websites. The term data mining and data scraping are similar but not quite identical in nature. It is similar in the sense that both involved bulk copying of data.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a set of algorithms trained on large volumes of data to generate output like images, text, music and videos. A popular example of this is ChatGPT which is a large language model (LLM) developed by OpenAI. Other generative AI also include DALL-E which generates art from text descriptions.
Save the date for the Libralex Art Seminar featuring our very own Paddy Kelly. Join us on Thursday 18th May for lunch and an afternoon of art law, incorporating two panel discussions on current developments of the law relating to art disputes and finishing with a networking drinks reception.
As part of Budget 2023 speech today the UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has introduced several support measures for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector.
The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology leaves us to question whether the English Civil Liability rules of contractual, and extra-contractual liability for loss and damage caused by AI are fit for purpose.
The corporate team at Laytons ETL are delighted to have advised Planit Testing, an Australian headquartered global leader in quality engineering and application testing services, and part of the Toyko based NRI Group, on its acquisition of Shift Left Group, a Yorkshire based quality specialist.
A new challenge to English consumer protection law is in the making for international online auction platforms selling decentralized and anonymized assets such as NFTs and other crypto assets to English consumers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives. Ranging from speech-to-text recognition, translation software, chatbots to automated stock trading, AI is helping us with decision-making.
The Electronic Trade Documents Bill, introduced on 12th October, is an incredibly important piece of legislation allowing the digitalisation of trade documents. It hopes to boost the UK’s international trade and reduce the estimated 28.5 billion trade documents printed and distributed around the globe every day.
Our Consultants examine these new requirements and offer insights into effective ESG strategies.
In our article: Laytons Artificial Intelligence (AI) Series: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and legal liability — Laytons ETL we looked at how the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology leaves us to question whether the English Civil Liability rules of contractual, and extra-contractual liability for loss and damage caused by AI, are fit for purpose.
UK insurance and financial services businesses operating in the EU are due to lose their right to passport their Regulatory authorisations to another EU State on 31st December 2020.
Making an investment into another state, known as foreign direct investment (“FDI”), generally carries a significantly different risk profile from investment in an investor’s domestic market. FDI may be exposed to greater risks arising from the political, regulatory and economic environment of the State into which investment is made.
Making an investment into another state, known as foreign direct investment (“FDI”), generally carries a significantly different risk profile from investment in an investor’s domestic market.
While for some mention of “Cape Town” may conjure up images of Table Mountain, the harbour, and surrounding vineyards, for those in the Aviation business Cape Town was the location for a diplomatic conference in 2001 to negotiate a treaty ...