Can Directors Rely on their Companies’ Arbitration Agreements?
…IA. The issue was instead framed as whether D and E were parties to the arbitration agreement, which they had not signed. Objectively, the arbitration agreement did not apply to…
…IA. The issue was instead framed as whether D and E were parties to the arbitration agreement, which they had not signed. Objectively, the arbitration agreement did not apply to…
…scuttle the administration of justice. This would certainly affect the applicability of the various new provisions introduced across various statutes in India, such as provisions imposing strict time lines for…
…“Australia’s judicial processes as the world’s best”: p3); expert arbitrators and more ICA specialisation among law firms (including a growing number of global firm offices) and barristers; new arbitration centres…
…more detailed. ↑4 See LCIA International Arbitration Rules (2014), Article 18.6. ↑5 In contrast, see Article 10.1 of the LCIA International Arbitration Rules (2014). ↑6 In contrast, see Article 10.6…
…for ordering security for costs where a claimant-investor in an investment treaty arbitration receives third party funding. This touches upon an issue for which investment treaty arbitration has struggled to…
…another very strong pro-arbitration stance in a challenge under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) (serious irregularity). As the ground for serious irregularity in this LCIA case…
…can ensure its independence if not informed of the existence of TPF. Currently, neither Swedish arbitration legislation nor any arbitration rules impose any apparent obligation for parties to disclose funding…
…to the often-corrupt Peruvian courts, a (relatively) new Peruvian law requires that all disputes arising under State contracts be submitted to arbitration.2) Article 45.1, Legislative Decree N° 1341 amending the…
…the Kluwer Arbitration Blog (See e.g., articles authored by Florian Stefan, Clement Fouchard and Marc Krestin, and Vivek Kapoor). This is not surprising. The CJEU held that the arbitration clause…
…bring new wording to old traditional clauses inserted into BITs (such as National Treatment, Most-favored-nation Treatment, and Expropriation), introduce new safeguard clauses to regulate investments and investors’ behavior (as corporate…
…pave the way for frivolous challenges and generate delays. The rules governing domestic arbitration pursuant to the existing instruments Although Argentina’s new Arbitration Act establishes a new framework for international…
…There has been a significant volume of new entrants at all levels of an emerging (and profitable) niche of the legal market (here). The new entrants naturally have different levels…
…proceedings. Such rules remain applicable to local arbitration proceedings due to the dualistic nature of the Chilean arbitration system: on the one hand, domestic arbitration governed by general rules and,…
…publicity in arbitration involving State entities, and the experience of CAMARB in this respect. He also talked about the new CAMARB Arbitration Rules (2017) with provisions on publicity and transparency…
…and a significant number of national legal decisions (e.g., P. Dumberry, “State of Confusion: The Doctrine of “Clean Hands” In Investment Arbitration after the Yukos Award“, 17 Journal of World…
…parties once the arbitration begins. Early document review can also help spot privileged and confidential documents that a party can withhold in the upcoming arbitration. Again, engaging outside counsel to…
…a stay of the arbitration proceedings, which can include the conduct of the other party in relation to the arbitral proceedings. However, costs incurred in potentially useless arbitration proceedings would…
It is not uncommon for practitioners acting for claimants in an arbitration to encounter a respondent who chooses to boycott the arbitral process. In cases involving such ‘non-participating’ respondents, what…
…foremost choices are Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). 3)See e.g. Joe Liu (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre), The Use of Arbitration for…
…negative perceptions surrounding arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism, such as its supposed lack of speed, and correspondingly, its putatively high cost. Certainly, international commercial arbitration cases involve numerous variables…
This is one of a series construction arbitration posts, providing the technical discussion from the SCAI, CAM, TILPA conference in Geneva and Mexico City. Arbitration can be classified as follows:…
…practice in international commercial arbitration and arbitration rules from various arbitration institutions such as ICC, SCC, ACICA and HKIAC: (i) whether the request of arbitration had a reasonable possibility to…
…a short period of time. One example is the ICC Dispute Board Rules, where arbitration clauses have been particularly designed to envisage this two-tier adjudication, as complemented by friendly arbitration…
…contract signed by both parties. (2) The Seat of Arbitration: Parties to smart contracts should prioritize their choice of the seat of arbitration. In essence, a seat of arbitration underpins…