…AI in arbitrations and the future of arbitration in Hong Kong. Has arbitration always been your interest from the start of your career? My interest for the early years…
…Sophie Lamb QC, global co-chair of the international arbitration practice at Latham & Watkins. The theme of this year’s lecture was whether arbitration is sustainable. The premise was the necessary…
As Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2019 hits the midway point, we asked three next-generation arbitration practitioners: how do you see the future of arbitration in Hong Kong? These are their…
…revising its Rules. New provisions have been introduced to recognise the pressure points in existing rules, and to seek input and consensus from the breadth of the interested arbitration community…
…of early dismissal procedures in arbitration. Despite their “broad discretion” arbitrators typically suffer from “due process paranoia” that leads to lengthier proceedings in arbitration, adding to the expense. In response,…
…that one cause is the lack of quality legal assistance. However, states were divided on the design of a new centre, especially questions such as: Who would benefit? What services…
…in arbitration? I started my career at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) where I administered cases under the SIAC Rules or UNCITRAL Rules. I then did a legal internship…
…of the most fundamental duties to safeguard the legitimacy of arbitration. Yet, what are the consequences if they fail to do so? This question has kept two German courts, the…
…to consider the legal and policy intricacies arising from the intersection between the country’s domestic legal order and its EU and other treaty obligations. While separated by arguments and perspectives,…
…over 1 million) and many of the 3,000-plus IIAs contain ISDS provisions. At the same time, we know furthermore that there are many under-resourced developing countries that neither have the…
…means the court referred to under article (9) of the Egyptian Arbitration Law, which would be either (a) Cairo Court of Appeal in case of International Arbitration; or (b) Territorially…
…Libra Case, which dealt with claims subject to port sector regulation and the legal regime applicable to legal entities governed by public law. Turning to the General Information section, Gabriela…
…growing consensus among practitioners and scholars that post-arbitration trades are harmful. The consensus against post-arbitration trades has led some states to take action such as by passing legislation that puts…
…in exercise of its discretion pursuant to section 103(5) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (which gives effect to Article VI of the New York Convention) on the basis that an…
…Manuel ARROYO, Giving birth to a 3’000-page treatise: How “Arbitration in Switzerland” came into being Manuel ARROYO, the editor of Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide, shares with the…
…general rules applicable to these arbitrations: (1) the arbitral tribunal shall apply Brazilian law, arbitration in equity is expressly forbidden; (2) arbitration shall be carried out in Brazil and in…
…its principal place of business in New York (“SIS”) (together with Santander, “Santander Parties”). The district court denied both parties’ applications, for the most part. The court held that it…
…Enforceable Title in Romania too, if Signed by Parties’ Lawyers, Constantin-Adi Gavrila explains the recent changes to the Romanian Mediation Law which provide, among many other new provisions, that mediation…
…of the legal fees and arbitration costs. For example, in unlawful expropriations such as OI European and Saint Gobain, the tribunal determined that the respondent shall pay for part of…
…under the UNCITRAL Rules with Johannesburg as the seat of arbitration. Vedanta, therefore, filed for arbitration against the ZCCM. Vedanta also successfully obtained an ex parteorder in the High Court…
…of Brazil’s new law is the possibility of submitting disputes related to expropriations to mediation and arbitration, according to Brazil’s mediation Statute and arbitration Statute. This legislative innovation is welcome…
…Proposals for the ICSID Arbitration Rules Amendments in late August 2019 (“WP3”). It is safe to say that the revisions of the ICSID Rules arrive at a critical moment. Practitioners,…
…new ARIAS-US Panel Rules for the Resolution of Insurance and Contract Disputes went into effect (the “Insurance Rules”) (See P. Halprin, Introducing the ARIAS-US Panel Rules for the Resolution of…
…limited to the conduct of arbitration proceedings once a tribunal has been constituted. Put differently, Delos took a holistic view of arbitration by ensuring that the incentives and disincentives of…
