…Arbitration Helping or Hindering the Protection of the Environment and Public Health? On the occasion of the sixth edition of the Casablanca Arbitration Days, some leading arbitration practitioners from the…
…in international arbitration: the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2020), the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration (2013), the CIArb Protocol for the…
…the judiciary’s approach to arbitration in Turkey. In the second session, Alexander G. Fessas, the Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, shared the latest ICC updates. Claudia…
…to the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). This is a major development for users of international arbitration in Russia who will now…
…Agreement to LOF carries with it agreement to Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Clauses (“LSAC”). This is a form of semi-managed arbitration, in which the arbitrator is picked by the administrator (the…
…that arbitration is an exceptional dispute resolution method: “an arbitration agreement is an exceptional arrangement whereby its parties opt for arbitration rather than litigation before the ordinary courts of law….
…and arbitration in London has been much the same. The significant shift in the English Court’s approach begs the question of what will now happen in London-seated arbitration. The interface…
…arbitration-related applications, to analyze, examine and review their arbitration laws in relation to local and international aspects that the arbitration might raise. This has the potential to improve African States’…
…leading professionals in the field. Skills required: Keen interest and good knowledge of arbitration law and arbitration-related concepts and content Eye for detail Excellent / very good command of English…
…are regulated by the International Commercial Arbitration Law (Arbitration Law). ICAC was set up already in 1992, before the Arbitration Law that regulates it was passed in 1994. Setting up…
The 18th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference, hosted virtually for a half-day on March 23, 2021, discussed ongoing efforts at ICSID and UNCITRAL Working Group III to reform investment arbitration. José Alvarez…
…written by José Antonio Fichtner, Sergio Nelson Mannheimer and André Luis Monteiro, who highlight confidentiality as a true quality of arbitration (“Confidentiality in arbitration: general rule and exceptions”, Revista de…
…Hague after nine years of PCA-administered arbitration and six years of setting aside litigation. Advocate-General Vlas had previously advised the Dutch Supreme Court to reject Russia’s request for suspension of…
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) hosted an oral history session with The Hon. Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, interviewed by Prof. Victoria Shannon Sahani. The session, held on March 22, 2021,…
…claim is submitted to arbitration. This includes a requirement for investors to seek to resolve the dispute through consultations within certain time periods calculated based on their knowledge of the…
On April 19, 2021, the Secretariats of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) released the second draft…
…Arbitration Academy) kicked off the conference by reflecting on the state of the arbitration market and setting out the backdrop for young arbitrators to consider in preparing for and winning…
…both recently reformed their international arbitration statutes to permit third-party funding of international arbitration, albeit subject to regulation. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom and Australia have operated as mature third-party litigation…
… COVID-19 Patents as an Investment A threshold jurisdictional issue that the Vaccine Developers will face in investment treaty arbitration is whether they have made an investment on the territory…
…Regarding Intra-EU ECT Arbitration By applying the reasoning developed by the CJEU in Achmea, AG Szpunar concluded that intra-EU ECT arbitration was incompatible with EU law (para. 79). He opined…
…a brief overview of the interplay between technology and arbitration in general, this post focuses on the position in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It considers how Federal Arbitration Law…
…intent of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”). The 2021 Amendment, which was passed into law on 10 March 2021 follows the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020…
…of limitations for asserting any claim through investment arbitration. Claims arising from covered investments, however, are exempted from this limitation and can be brought directly before an arbitration tribunal. Fourth,…
…Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement Enka was a subcontractor for the construction of a power plant in Russia. The applicable contract contained an arbitration agreement for ICC arbitration with its…
