…only a set of arbitral rules, the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Rules (“DIFC-LCIA Rules”); assuming Schedule E stipulated DIFC-LCIA as a forum, whether that forum is available; and assuming Schedule E stipulated…
The much-touted 7th Edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules 2025”) came into force earlier this year on 1 January 2025. The SIAC Rules…
…Arbitration is an Exceptional Mechanism in Egypt Under Egyptian law, like in the UAE, arbitration is considered an exceptional mechanism that requires unequivocal mutual consent from both parties. Arbitration serves…
…members agreed with the findings. This argument stems from the established practice and provisions of institutional rules such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in article 32(1), Stockholm Chamber…
…a set aside. As a party to an arbitration, this should bring comfort, given that it is an indication that Ontario, as the seat of an arbitration, will not tolerate…
The conference on “Arbitration and Mediation in Industrial Property,” during Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, brought together legal scholars, judges, arbitrators, and mediators to explore how alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”)…
…override the ISDS provisions in existing IIAs. Arguably, foreign investors should be able to rely on their vested rights conferred to them by the existing ISDS provisions in IIAs against…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) featured multiple discussions on the growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in arbitration proceedings, a much-debated topic. Issues such as the slow uptake in use of…
…Report, African jurisdictions have become increasingly friendly towards domestic arbitration—domestic courts tend to uphold arbitral awards, arbitration laws are often reformed to facilitate access to and use of arbitration, and…
…that the legislation by which it adopted the ICSID Convention in the 1980s imposed an exhaustion requirement as a precondition to ICSID arbitration, even though Honduras had never communicated this…
On Day 3 of the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), Nyenrode University organized a comprehensive conference, hosted by Linklaters Paris, examining the future of investment arbitration in the five Central…
…on preferences of practitioners (such as their preferred seats of arbitration and arbitration rules), important themes: sanctions, enforcement of arbitral awards, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of arbitration, the role…
…of AI was addressed in 2025 International Arbitration Survey, the fourteenth empirical project of Queen Mary University of London’s School of International Arbitration. A separate PAW event on this was…
…party. While the value of mediation is appreciated, arbitration still seems far from being replaced. This post is part of Kluwer Arbitration Blog’s coverage of Paris Arbitration Week 2025….
The Institute of Transnational Arbitration (“ITA”) recently convened its Third Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector on 5-6 March 2025 in Toronto, Canada. This year’s edition centered on…
…Why do Users Choose Arbitration? Arbitration has, from experience, proven to be excessively complex. Users prefer predictability and efficiency. Arbitration proceedings are also preferred to Court proceedings for reasons such…
…presented the 2023 revision of the Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic (“Czech Arbitration Court”),…
…its intent to finalize exploitation regulations by 2025, potentially unlocking a new frontier in resource extraction and a whole new sector for international dispute practitioners. As this post explores, UNCLOS…
…terms the question of cultural differences in international arbitration was a well debated topic, there is always something new to discuss. She noted that in Italian practice, parties and counsel…
In both the world of arbitration and the fast-evolving landscape of 6G technology, information is power. The Swedish Arbitration Days 2025, themed “Information in Arbitration”, was bookended by two thought-provoking…
…Spain and Venezuela, which entered into force in 1997 (“Treaty” or “BIT”). A three-member Arbitral Tribunal was appointed. The arbitration was conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976), administered by…
…that a “unilateral arbitration clause” is an arbitration agreement in which the parties agree to grant one of them the power to choose between courts or arbitration to settle their…
…extent to which a disclosure obligation exists in arbitration proceedings under the DIS Rules and proposes a “best practice” approach. Disclosure Obligations under the DIS Arbitration Rules Article 9.1 of…
…in domestic and international arbitration (as opposed to the current Article 1464(4) CCP which does not apply to international arbitration), and (ii) a principle of proportionality to control time and…
