I write on mediation, intellectual property, arbitration and regulation for Live Law, Bar and Bench and the Kerala High Court Journal. Most of it comes out of matters I have handled or questions clients have asked, and the writing and the practice feed each other. A full list of my Live Law columns is on my author page.
Where Mediation Meets IP: A Young Lawyer's View of India's Legal Shift
Bar and Bench, June 2026
On what the Mediation Act 2023 asks of lawyers handling intellectual property disputes, and why the client who asks whether the other side can simply be called and told to stop is not asking a foolish question.
From Trademark Files to the Mediation Room: What I'd Tell a Young Lawyer
2026 KHC J-34 (Online)
On moving between trademark practice and mediation, and what each one taught me about the other.
Regulation and Policy
The Diluted Spirit: Kerala's Low-Alcohol Tax and What the Law Permits
Live Law, July 2026
On the low-alcohol category in Kerala's revised Budget. What the law permits the State to do here, and what it should choose to do, are two different questions, and the gap between them is the story.
The 2026 FCRA Amendments: Where Regulation Ends and Restriction Begins
Live Law, July 2026
On the Foreign Contribution Amendment Rules 2026. The older law asked where the money came from. These Rules ask what the organisation does and who runs it, and that shift matters more than the compliance burden suggests.
Interviews and Podcasts
Mediation as the First Insight of Law, Kaey Cae, in conversation with Adv Joel Kenneth Johnson
Mediation, IPR and the Changing Legal Landscape IP Press, in conversation On the meeting point of intellectual property and mediation, and what is changing for practitioners.
Why India's Next Generation of Lawyers Must Understand Mediation
LawBhoomi, May 2026 - On mediation as a more evolved form of advocacy rather than a procedural step before litigation resumes, and what the Mediation Act 2023 changed.
A Young Lawyer's Perspective on Mediation, IPR and Evolving Legal Practice
Lawctopus, May 2026
On practice, legal education, and the case against treating ADR as outside the mainstream.