Conference programme

Business models, markets, technology and regulation can transform in months while complex litigation may take years. What happens when the dispute being decided concerns a commercial reality that has already moved on? This session will explore how courts, counsel and parties can make complex litigation faster and more responsive without sacrificing due process, including expedited procedures, interim relief, active case management and procedural innovation. India provides a particularly interesting perspective as its courts combine major commercial caseloads with continuing efforts to modernise and accelerate dispute resolution.

Rather than another general discussion of whether AI will transform litigation, this session would focus on litigation strategy in an AI-enabled world. If both sides can instantly analyse millions of documents, test arguments, identify inconsistencies and generate litigation strategies, where does competitive advantage come from? The panel would examine how leading litigators are actually using AI in complex cases, where human judgment remains decisive, and the new risks surrounding privilege, confidentiality, hallucinations, disclosure and professional responsibility. India's rapidly developing technology ecosystem offers an ideal setting for a practical discussion between litigators, judges, clients and technologists.

The evidentiary record of a major commercial dispute increasingly lives in encrypted messaging platforms, disappearing messages, cloud environments, personal devices, video and AI-generated content. How do litigators preserve, authenticate, obtain and challenge evidence when the underlying technology evolves faster than procedural rules? The session would examine practical strategies for digital evidence, forensic investigations, deepfakes, cross-border disclosure and authenticity challenges, with particular attention to the evidentiary consequences of the way businesses communicate in India and other highly digital economies.

When a joint venture collapses, a founder falls out with investors, a major transaction unravels or allegations of corporate misconduct emerge, the dispute can escalate extraordinarily quickly. What should litigators do in the first 72 hours - and what mistakes become impossible to undo? This session would examine emergency injunctions, preservation of evidence, internal investigations, board and shareholder disputes, parallel regulatory exposure and litigation strategy. India's dynamic corporate, family-business, private-equity and start-up landscape would provide particularly strong case studies while keeping the discussion highly relevant to international practitioners.

It is essential for commercial dispute resolution lawyers, in the increasingly complex and interconnected world, to be able to navigate the cross-border, transnational litigation landscape. This panel will consider current hot topics in transnational disputes.