The DIS Rules of Arbitration of 2018
…the “Arbitration Council” will enhance the transparency and the integrity of the arbitration process (II.). Next, several new rules have been adopted in order to increase the already high efficiency,…
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Arbitration Institutions: Five Things Your Website Must Do To Attract Cases
…the leaders of your institution and/or its arbitration court. This is the minimum level of transparency we expect to see. Information about who runs an institution will tell us much…
The UNCITRAL Technical Notes on Online Dispute Resolution – Paper Tiger or Game Changer?
…ODR proceedings (see Section II). They consider approaches to ODR systems that represent principles of independence, impartiality, effectiveness, efficiency, due process, fairness, transparency and accountability (paras. 4 and 7 et…
Reforms on the “Prior Reporting System” — A Praiseworthy Effort by the PRC Supreme People’s Court, or Not?
…not be counter-productive to extend this limping system to all arbitration-related cases? Another major criticism raised against the current Prior Reporting System is the lack of transparency. The arbitration community…
Mind the Label: Loyalists and Reformists and ISDS
…and its outcomes (inconsistency in arbitral decisions, limited mechanisms to ensure the correctness of arbitral decisions, lack of predictability, lack of transparency, increasing duration and costs of the procedure), and…
The Key to Unlocking the Arbitrator Diversity Paradox?: Arbitrator Intelligence
…AIQs on cases completed in the past few years. Sign the Arbitrator Intelligence Pact, promising to support our mission of promoting transparency, accountability and diversity. In other words, in 2018,…
Towards a Post-Arbitration Age: The European Commission’s Fast-Track Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement
…established by the European Union. The communication also identified the need for more transparency, consistency, predictability and an appeal system in ISDS. Remarkably, while the EC invoked the need for…
Appointment of arbitrators, Canada, Conference, Diversity, national court, North America, Transparency, Transparency in investment arbitrations, UK, United States
A Beacon in the American South: International Business Disputes in an Era of Receding Globalism
…Arbitration] namely “Transparency, privacy and confidentiality in international arbitration”), there were several major conclusions that I observed. First, when inquiring whether international arbitration needs greater transparency, one must first distinguish…
Arbitration, Arbitration Proceedings, Enforcement, Human Rights, International arbitration, International Courts
International Arbitration of Business and Human Rights: A Step Forward
…human rights issues are of public concern. Transparency will also allow the public to hold arbitrators accountable for making fair and impartial rulings. The third requirement relates to the participation…
The EU Sets the Standard for International Tax Dispute Resolution
…taxpayer must agree the decision in order to be bound by it, thereby preserving appeal rights to national courts. Transparency The competent authorities may agree to publish the final decisions…
Anti-Money Laundering, Arbitration, Arbitration Proceedings, arbitrators’ conduct, Counsel, Counsel conduct, Germany, New York Convention, Public Policy
Arbitration and Money Laundering: What Are The Obligations Placed On Counsel And Arbitrators And What Risks Do They Face?
…new features, such as the transparency register, were introduced. With the fifth European Anti-Money Laundering Directive already on the horizon, more changes are to come. These recent developments serve as…
Will 2018 Mark a Tipping Point for Binding Investor-State Arbitration?
…focus on perceived legitimacy, transparency, cost, and potential impacts on state regulatory powers. While such critiques are not unanswerable they have contributed to the emergence of the fourth (and most…
Legitimacy and International Arbitration: An Alternate View
…transparency have been answered in the investment realm by the UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration and the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration and…
Equal Access to Information & Justice: The Huge Potential of Online Dispute Resolution Greatly Underexplored (II)
…for the GAR Awards in March 2017. The panel also explored the topic of predictive justice which is a promise for predictability, transparency and to have more equality before the…
Third-Party Funding’s Older Sibling: Legal Costs Insurance and The Issue Of Regulation
…TPF. Either way, approaching insurance practices consistently and with transparency not only pays tribute to the quality of the debate on TPF, but it provides its users with clear and…
The Astana International Financial Centre: AIFC Court and International Arbitration Centre Legal Systems to be based on English Common Law
…Court and International Arbitration Centre based on English law with independent judicial system and jurisdiction, foreign qualified judges and arbitrators will further promote transparency and affirm the impartiality of the…
Wolters Kluwer Partners with Arbitrator Intelligence – A Personal Story
In June 2014, at the ITA Workshop in Dallas, I heard a passionate woman presenting her mission of increasing fairness, transparency, accountability, and diversity in the arbitrator selection process, and…
Wolters Kluwer Announces Collaboration with Arbitrator Intelligence
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced its collaboration with Arbitrator Intelligence (AI) to improve resources available to the arbitration community and bring more transparency to the arbitration process….
Changes in the Arbitration Law: Greater Certainty for Consumers Comes with Greater Control over Arbitration in Bulgaria
…the parties’ choice in appointing an appropriate arbitrator. More transparency for the parties to arbitration proceedings As provided for in the Law, in order for the parties to be aware…
Spanish Energy Arbitration Saga: Green Light for Investors Claiming Breach of FET?
…legal stability and transparency (¶379). This Tribunal understood that the State’s obligation to provide FET to investors necessarily implies that the State shall provide fundamental stability in the essential features…
Judicial Activism and Spanish Arbitration
…all participants where there are economically powerful repeat players? Are arbitral institutions supervising sufficiently the appointment of arbitrators and the resolution of potential conflicts of interests? Is more transparency and…
Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Cost allocation mechanisms, Costs in arbitral proceedings, Finland
Taking a Close Look at Today’s Arbitral Process and Who Pays for It: A Report from Helsinki International Arbitration Day 2017 (II)
Helsinki International Arbitration Day (HIAD) is an annual arbitration conference organized by the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI). It was held for the sixth time in…
Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Cost allocation mechanisms, Costs in arbitral proceedings, Finland
Taking a Close Look at Today’s Arbitral Process and Who Pays for It: A Report from Helsinki International Arbitration Day 2017 (I)
…other things, the launch of expedited rules for small-value claims; the increase of transparency through reasoning of the ICC Court’s decisions and publication of arbitrators’ names; the emphasis put on…
Free Riders or Collective Actors?
…they understand the larger goals their responses will help support. AIQ will promote AI’s general mission of increasing fairness, transparency, accountability, and diversity in the arbitrator selection process. See Reason…