…tribunal’s main concerns remain compliance with the applicable arbitration rules and laws together with due process. Responses to the challenges for virtual hearings during and after the pandemic include: access…

rules. The amendment of the arbitration rules coincides with the intensified efforts to reform the system of investor-state dispute settlement to make it less expensive, more time efficient and fair…

…importantly, the new Sierra Leone Arbitration Act establishes the first Sierra Centre for International Arbitration with its own rules. Further, Dr. Okubote elaborated on the AfCFTA and its forthcoming Protocol…

…process paranoia that has been taking place, especially with backing from courts and institutions. Mr. Jana made reference to the UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration Rules (2021), remarking that UNCITRAL had created…

…institutional rules through an ‘opt-out’ provision, which would apply unless parties expressly agree to exclude it. Such provisions are common in institutional rules, as seen in the Expedited Procedure and…

…groups, namely: institutions with strict rules on confidentiality of awards (for instance, the Swiss Arbitration Rules (2021), the SIAC Arbitration Rules (2016), and the LCIA Rules (2020)); institutions in between…

rules on the appointment of arbitrators and rules on consolidation of jurisdiction in case of parallel proceedings. In Mr. Bodenheimer’s opinion, the DIS Rules reflect most of the concerns of…