ICCA Sydney: The Moving Face of Technology
…be fascinating to see where these technologies take the arbitration world. To make sure you do not miss out on regular updates on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, please subscribe here….
…be fascinating to see where these technologies take the arbitration world. To make sure you do not miss out on regular updates on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, please subscribe here….
…down from the current generation of arbitration practitioners to the emerging generation. Prof. Nayla Comair-Obeid also noted that international arbitration has developed significantly, yet not solely in response to technological…
…the ability to choose an arbitrator is more than a hallmark of international arbitration; it is the keystone. Prof. Dr. Kaufmann-Kohler also noted that investment arbitration has recently faced significant…
…international commercial arbitration is party autonomy and party freedom in dictating the terms of their own dispute resolution. However, there are strong public interest factors which emerge in arbitration proceedings,…
…played by arbitral institutions and bodies in rule-making, in particular with regard to ‘arbitration procedure.’ Arbitration cannot exist in a vacuum and the contribution made by these institutions and bodies…
The panel on Arbitration Challenged II: The Realities of Arbitration Economics: Who Gets to Play, and What are the Implications, at ICCA Sydney 2018 Conference, was moderated by Susan Franck,…
The panel on Arbitration Challenged Part I: Reforming Substantive Obligations in Investment Treaties and Conditions of Access to Investment Arbitration, at ICCA Sydney 2018 Conference, was moderated by Meg Kinnear,…
…to a quarter of all ICC arbitration cases, while the finance and insurance sector accounts for approximately 20%. As the world’s leading arbitral institution, ICC is adept at handling complex…
…of at least excerpts of the ICSID awards), and the development of an amicus curiae provision (used in over forty ICSID cases since 2006). Kluwer Arbitration Blog invited Meg Kinnear,…
…EU:C:2014:1754), where arbitration of tax disputes was found sanctioned by a Portuguese law. In addition, the AG attempted to draw the analogy with the Benelux Court of Justice discussed in…
…rendered. It is impossible to think of arbitration without arbitrators. After all, parties choose arbitration to save time, maintain confidentiality and use the advantage of choosing their own arbitrators and…
…has sharply curtailed “a procedural loophole in Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act”2)Commissions Imp. Exp. S.A. v. Republic of Congo, 916 F. Supp. 2d 48, 49 (D.D.C. 2013), rev’d…
On March 2, 2018, the England & Wales High Court (Court) for the first time set aside an investor-state arbitration award on jurisdiction (Award on Jurisdiction) passed against the Claimant…
Many arbitration lawyers’ initial reaction to the CJEU’s Achmea judgment resembles the first three of the famous “five stages of grief” (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance). Some deny Achmea’s…
…begin modernising the Act. The purpose of the reform was to bring Swedish arbitration law more in line with certain advancements in arbitration and to address some practical gaps –…
At a time when Argentina is looking to modernize its arbitration culture and attract foreign investment, the IBA Arbitration Day held in Buenos Aires could not have been more opportune….
Since their inception in 1975, the Vienna Rules (Rules of Arbitration and Mediation of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre) have undergone a number of major reforms keeping them abreast of…
…audience before whom I spoke last year, who were curious to know more about how arbitration (especially investment treaty arbitration and structuring) worked, now displayed a more savvy attitude. Between…
…the Federal Arbitration Act. The underlying case involved a contract dispute over drilling equipment and services located in waters off the Nigerian coast culminating in an arbitration before the London…
As the three co-chairs of the ICCA-Queen Mary Task Force on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration, we are pleased to announce that the final Report will be launched at the…
…business efficient and effective pro-arbitration stance. U.S. courts would enforce international dispute resolution clauses providing for arbitration that may not have been enforceable domestically. The Court had established a federal…
…users to complain of arbitrations that are over-lawyered and overly sophisticated and neither quicker nor more efficient than proceedings in national courts. Expedited arbitration stands in contrast to this trend;…
…(PCA). Kenya’s Arbitration Act of 1995 and Uganda’s Arbitration Act of 2000 are based on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration….
…appealed decision was rendered in an investment treaty arbitration against a host state or any other type of international arbitration. It further recalled that, in reviewing jurisdictional decisions pursuant to…