Jerusalem Arbitration Center: Merchants of Peace
Last week I had the good fortune to attend a reception in Washington D.C. with various arbitration luminaries announcing the inauguration of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center. With almost $5 billion…
Last week I had the good fortune to attend a reception in Washington D.C. with various arbitration luminaries announcing the inauguration of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center. With almost $5 billion…
…delighted to have the opportunity to bring it to the attention of this group. I think it will be of special interest to arbitration practitioners. The book examines the main…
…not compel class arbitration since under its ruling it would uphold an arbitration agreement that compelled individual arbitration for individual claims as long as it left open a judicial forum…
…all, the necessary pre-requisite of long delays in enforcement in the commercial arbitration award. This will be followed by an investment treaty arbitration, the average length of which is currently…
…in a series of decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada further supporting Canada as an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction and one that readily enforces arbitration and other dispute resolution agreements. Barry…
…resolution of the underlying substantive (arbitration or court) proceedings, has been described as one of the “nuclear weapons” of commercial litigation and arbitration, such is their effect on litigation. In…
…the arbitration clause. In England, that analysis will lead the court to enquire into the law with which the arbitration agreement has its closest and most real connection. Two recent…
…ICC arbitration in Istanbul pursuant to an arbitration clause of the SPA. The tribunal confirmed the claimant’s right to terminate the agreement unilaterally and held that Ciments Français was entitled…
…The meeting includes many events of interest to international arbitration practitioners, including panels on the preparation of cases, fact-finding, ethics, sport arbitration, sanctions, the Ecuador/Chevron dispute and the emerging system…
…arbitration proceedings; iv. assistance of the Dutch state court in foreign arbitration proceedings; v. provisional measures in pending arbitration proceedings; and vi. a more detailed procedure for arbitral appeal. The…
…announced its CAFTA arbitration with Guatemala, so I thought I’d update you on the proceedings. Back in October, the arbitration was officially in motion – with a spokesperson at the…
International arbitration has long played an important role in resolving disputes that arise out of political and economic crises. “Arbitration in Times of Crisis” is the theme of the 9th…
…sounds like domestic litigation or arbitration instead. In fact, I have been a program panelist for international arbitration and the other panelists expressed confusion to me when I stated that…
The views of lawyers involved in international commercial and investment arbitration are being sought for a new international arbitration survey from Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL). Conducted by QMUL’s…
…through Global Arbitration Review, on OGEMID and in other fora have drawn attention to persisting questions about the Code’s applicability in the context of international arbitration as well. In particular,…
The use of third-party funding for international arbitration has been growing for several years, and its potential benefits and risks have received increasing attention from the arbitration community. The November…
…arbitration. j) Also with regard to international arbitration, the new arbitration law provides for the material validity of an arbitration agreement that meets the requirements set out (i) by the…
…Appeal agreed that a declaratory arbitral award could be enforced as a judgment of the English Court under section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Arbitration Act”). The intended…
…the case of an international commercial arbitration award. Another moot point is whether, giving BITs a force of law creates a constitutional absolute right to property for foreign investors? If…
…the respondent’s property was located in New York, even though the dispute had no connection at all to New York and even though the arbitration had not yet commenced. In…
…international arbitration.” The three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, delivered the order on the application to stay the arbitration proceedings on February 7,…
…AIDA Reinsurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS). In keeping with pre-arbitration procedure and the ARIAS ethical guidelines for certified arbitrators, all three arbitrators made initial disclosures to the parties. These disclosures concerned…
Recent events in Romania have added a new twist to the debate on party-appointed arbitrators after an arbitration institute centralized the power to appoint arbitrators in one person and decided…
My experience, first hand, from hunting for a third party funder was different than I had anticipated. I have been researching this newer field for some time now and have…