DIFC introduces Arbitration Institute
…regulating the administration of arbitration, mediation, and other forms of ADR; (c) the hosting of conferences, seminars, lectures, and other events relating to arbitration, mediation, and other forms of ADR;…
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Revision of the WIPO Arbitration Rules
By Philipp Groz and James Menz, Schellenberg Wittmer In March 2014, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) presented the revised WIPO Arbitration Rules…
The Future of Class, Mass, and Collective Arbitration
…Law (Oxford University Press 2013) (discussing developments in Spain and Germany). Papers from the ITA-ASIL conference will be published in a future edition of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review….
ICSID Convention, Investment, Investment agreements, Investment Arbitration, Investment protection, Investor, Latin America
Is Investment Arbitration in Latin America in Crisis?
…Mediation and Arbitration”. The proposal at the V Summit of Judicial Powers of UNASUR is that the regional mechanism, will allow for the processing of claims by Investor-State and State-to-State…
Appointment of arbitrators, Arbitral seat, Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Costs in arbitral proceedings, Eastern Europe, International arbitration, Language of arbitration
Belgrade Arbitration Center adopts BAC Rules
…and administrative aspects of ad hoc arbitral proceedings, organizes and conducts mediation sessions and provides for other services related to alternative dispute settlement. The BAC aims to establish itself as…
Appellate Structure and Need for Legal Certainty in Investment Arbitration
…mechanism which embraced the idea of appeal against the decisions which was rendered by a dispute settlement panel. The WTO dispute settlement system is a mixture of diplomacy, mediation, arbitraton,…
International Dispute Resolution in the Asia-Pacific – Arbitration in Australia Revisited
…the centre. A similar venue, the Melbourne Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre, has recently opened in the Melbourne CBD and will link up with the Sydney centre (another centre is…
Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, Mediation, Uncategorized
JCAA introduces new commercial arbitration rules
…Court of International Arbitration Rules. Mediation The Old Rules did not contain any provisions relating to mediation, but provided that the arbitral tribunal could attempt to settle the dispute with…
Argentina, Domestic Courts, ICSID Convention, Investment, Investment Arbitration, United States, vacatur
BG Group v Argentina: Would ICSID Arbitration Have Been Different?
…exhaust local remedies, which is generally regarded as jurisdictional in nature. On the other hand, unlike multi-stage dispute resolution clauses mandating prior mediation or settlement attempts, which have been considered…
A Step in the Right Direction – Why National Arbitration Institutions Will Benefit from Adopting International Ethics Standards
…roster of arbitrators populated with an ample number of competent foreign arbitrators as opposed to just local lawyers? Do they offer only arbitration or also mediation? The ACL Arbitration Centre’s…
The Gary Born Book Award Prompts Debate over Ad Hoc Arbitration in Mainland China
…lecture, the 1st CJER ADR Lecture Series will be inaugurated on 12 February 2014. The opening lecture will be given by Cecilia WONG, Chairperson of the Mediation Committee of the…
Liability Insurance in Arbitration: The Emerging Spanish Market and the Impact of Mandatory Insurance Regimes
…services after the new Spanish Mediation Act (Law 5/2012) that also imposed mandatory insurance coverage on mediators. What remains to be seen is whether other states will follow the Spanish…
The Commission’s factsheets: a declaration of faith in the EU BITs world?
…provisions for mediation for investment disputes. j. Absolute clarity that a state cannot be forced to repeal a measure; k. Effective mechanisms for the Parties to the agreement to issue…
Anti-arbitration, Arbitral seat, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Hong Kong, International Courts, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Uncategorized
Can Arbitration Keep Up? Singapore Ratchets Up Forum Competition
…and predictability of outcome. Both mediation and court litigation are developing capacity for international commercial disputes, a domain previously dominated by arbitration. Most leading arbitration institutions now offer mediation, a…
Are Banks Changing? The New Big Industry for International Arbitration?
…as mediation and arbitration. Well-run banks will normally be in possession of collateral security before money is made available to lenders or other customers and also the interest rates were…
Kluwer Arbitration User Forum – a Success!
…Kluwer authors, the panelists discussed questions (submitted in advance by registered participants) such as the rise of mediation, the growth of arbitration in Asia and thoughts for future growth areas….
The New Arbitration Rules of CEPANI
The new arbitration rules of CEPANI (The Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation) came into force on 1 January 2013 and change the 2005 rules considerably. They will soon be…
Beach Books, for International Arbitration Lawyers…
…latest book “Mediation and Arbitration in the Middle Ages: England 1154-1558,” describes how dispute resolution, specifically mediation and arbitration, worked in practice in Medieval England. The book first describes the…
El Salvador, Towards An Arbitration Friendly Jurisdiction
…Law on Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (Ley de Mediación, Conciliación y Arbitraje “LMCA”), enacted 11 July 2002, by Decree No. 914, marked a great advance in the arbitration field. There…
Mediation of Investor-State Disputes: Revisiting the Prospects
…mediation panel presented this spring during the American Society of International Law’s Annual Meeting. Nonetheless, investor-State mediation still faces skepticism from many arbitration professionals, both because of the limited track…
Arbitration, Conciliation, Confidentiality, Dispute Resolution, Investment Arbitration, Uncategorized
A Rethink of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
…styles such as facilitative mediation, evaluative mediation, deal making mediation, deal mending mediation, transformative mediation, settlement mediation, expert advisory mediation, wise counsel mediation, and tradition-based mediation [See Nadja Alexander, “The…
Brazilian Arbitration Law: In Need of a Facelift?
…Committee plans to deal with mediation, which has no regulation under the Brazilian law. As to the arbitration of corporate disputes, the Committee will have to discuss whether there is…
Anti-arbitration, Appeal, Arbitration, CAFTA, Domestic Courts, Legal Practice, National Arbitration Laws
El Salvador becomes an anti-arbitration jurisdiction?
…the Salvadoran Congress passed the Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration Law (Ley de Mediacion, Conciliacion y Arbitraje or LMCA). Until then, arbitration was used more commonly among international companies doing business…
Getting to Know You
…International Mediation Institute (IMI) introduced a global database of leading mediators, around the world. The IMI portal gives users free access not only to the profiles of mediators in different…