…leading arbitration institutions including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”), and the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”). They therefore…
…216 of the UAE Arbitration Chapter, onshore Dubai being the seat of the arbitration and hence the natural place for challenging the award. The obvious counterargument is that an award…
…operating in the Asia-Pacific region, and based in Sydney, Australia. ACICA facilitates the mediation and arbitration of international commercial disputes, including under its own institutional arbitration rules. The new Guideline…
…Berwin Leighton Paisner investigating the lack of diversity in international arbitration found that a staggering 92% of respondents wanted more information about new and less well-known arbitrators, and a whopping…
…is silent on confidentiality, there are three rules:– Arbitration proceedings must be held in private; Implied confidentiality in every arbitration; Such confidentiality is subject to certain exceptions, namely court order,…
…New York Convention award in 6 instances, and adjourned the enforcement of awards in 7 instances. This in itself shows that refusal to enforce New York arbitration awards is relatively…
…investor can sign other instruments recognized under the Ecuadorian legal framework, such as investment contracts, with an independent arbitral clause that would protect it from legal modifications regarding tax incentives….
…– which emphasise best practice. 3. Investment Arbitration Rules On 1 January 2017 SIAC released the first edition of its IA Rules. This modern set of investment arbitration rules are…
…arbitration, which became effective on 1 April 2014 and, unless the parties to the treaty have agreed otherwise, are applicable to all investor-state arbitrations initiated under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules;…
…2562 of 2006 (“Centrotrade”). In Centrotrade, the arbitration agreement contained a two-tiered arbitration procedure providing for a first instance institutional arbitration in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the…
…an emergency arbitrator before the notice of arbitration has been filed (such as the LCIA and ICC rules). The perceived advantages of seeking relief from an arbitrator rather than a…
…New Year’s Resolutions for Mediators, Sabine Walsh shares her mediation resolutions for the coming year including to practise reflective practice more and to continue acquiring new skills. In Winners and…
…Arbitration Court and the Sports Arbitration Court, two further specialized sets of rules were approved – the 2017 ICAC Domestic Arbitration Rules and the 2017 ICAC Sports Arbitration Rules. When…
…plant fueled by natural gas in the Brazilian city of Uruguaiana. The GSA contained a somewhat unusual ICC arbitration clause. While it provided for the place of arbitration to be…
…interest rate is often perceived as a pure legal matter. The combination of these factors has led to a multiplicity of approaches in investment arbitration case law. Two of the…
…Arbitration” organized jointly by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“the SCC”), the International Bar Association, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Permanent Court of Arbitration….
…is, of course, still ongoing and far from reaching the desired goals. On 10 January 2017, Berwin Leighton Paisner released an annual arbitration survey titled Diversity in International Arbitration: Are…
Background Bulgarian arbitration law has been an area of rare developments. It is incorporated in the International Commercial Arbitration Act (“ICAA”), adopted in 1988 as almost a direct translation of…
The selection of an interest rate to apply to an arbitral damages award can be an important determinant of the total award. For example, prejudgment interest added 26% to damages…
…the conduct of arbitration and Croatia’s EU accession. However, in fact – no such link exists. The Arbitration Agreement does not provide for Croatia’s immediate and unconditional accession to the…
Having disposed of yet another forest worth of pristine hearing bundles, I wonder: when will arbitration finally go paperless? Gillian Lemaire asked the same question in a 2014 piece called…
…arbitration is by revising former arbitration rules and introducing new ones. The IA Rules include several unique provisions which the 2016 SIAC International Arbitration Rules (SIAC Rules) do not feature….
…(ICC) Rules of Arbitration, as provided for in the arbitration agreement of the SPA. The plaintiff objected to the arbitrator’s jurisdiction on the basis that there was no valid arbitration…
…the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance were proposed, in order to formally abolish the doctrine of champerty and maintenance, and allow TPF in international arbitration. For all other jurisdictions where TPF…
