…amendments – coupled with the issuance of several arbitration-friendly decisions by the Courts have cleared up the doubts generated by the regulation of arbitration in the new National Civil and…
…geographic reach. They include updates on new mediation legislation in Azerbaijan, Romania and Georgia, a detailed summary of a bold Australian research initiative on dispute resolution, and posts on the…
…provisions – Morocco’s positioning as a stable FDI portal in Africa, combined with CIMAC’s unique assets, potentiate Morocco as a hub for international arbitration. Whilst a new Pan-African Investment Arbitration…
…1) See Lin, Tsai-yu, Systemic Reflections on Argentina’s Non-Compliance with ICSID Arbitral Awards: A New Role of the Annulment Committee at Enforcement? (May 31, 2012). Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol….
…and BITs, Ira Ryk-Lakhman (London) argued for continuity across both legal regimes. Her main proposition was that the investment treaty provisions do in fact incorporate certain rules of customary IHL…
…a claim on its insurance policy with Chubb, who refused to pay. Halliburton commenced an arbitration against Chubb in London under the insurance policy. Both parties appointed an arbitrator but,…
…that parties prefer arbitration because of its efficiency. The 2018 Survey found that enforceability of awards and avoiding specific legal systems/national courts are the most valuable characteristics of arbitration, whilst…
…legal principles, and best practices in the field – providing a microcosm for current issues and debates. Perspectives on Investment and Commercial Arbitration An all-star program, called International Arbitration and…
…arbitrators) ruled on hundreds of disputes, sometimes involving particularly fraught points of international law, all this while applying and interpreting the UNCITRAL Rules of arbitration (lightly amended) in ways that…
…operator. These battles are playing out in the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) and in the court rooms of a few other jurisdictions around the world. These two explanations…
…International Commercial Arbitration. 2nd ed. Kluwer: The Hague, 2014, p. 1.077-1.215; ERK, Nadja. Parallel Proceedings in International Arbitration: A Comparative European Perspective. The Hague: Kluwer, 2014, p. 25-70; BERMANN, George…
…dispute resolution aspect of legal work, and especially that of advocating for clients before a court or tribunal. During my Bluebook traineeship at the Legal Service of the European Commission,…
…Rules (2014), which include an Annex with “General Guidelines for the Parties’ Legal Representatives.” Other arbitral institutions have similar rules providing for arbitrator discretion in assessing and sanctioning party conduct….
…Law in International Arbitration – The Beginning or the End? The presentation of the Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration on 14 December 2018 has…
…Impact of the New Cabinet Resolution The new Cabinet Resolution has clarified the position regarding enforcement of foreign awards, as it contains new provisions in Chapter IV at Articles 85…
…with Guaidó’s government will need to meet a high standard before it is recorded in a consent award, pursuant to Article 33 of the 2017 ICC Arbitration Rules. Article 33…
…and clients, any information related to a set of confidential proceedings or communications between a psychotherapist and a patient. Privileged documents deserve higher legal protection and they cannot be admitted…
…the arbitration of internal trust disputes. Those recommendations are yet to be adopted. The New Zealand approach The proposed amendment to the Arbitration Act The Arbitration Amendment Bill contained a…
…regulations for environment protection. Since domestic law is one of the applicable laws in investment arbitration, the domestic legal framework on environment protection is relevant. There is a large body…
…Rules innovate or duplicate existing rules and guidelines, such as the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the “IBA Rules”) (this section was dealt with by…
…the viewpoint of arbitration practice. New Zealand’s latest attempt in the Arbitration Amendment Act 2019, which came into force on 8 May 2019, demonstrates both the potential and the limitations…
…freezing injunctions may be affected in certain cases by the agreement of the parties concerning the powers of the Arbitral Tribunal or the provisions of the relevant institutional rules. This…
…language in certain court proceedings related to arbitration. It is important to note that the provisions of the SAA 2019 apply to the extent that the parties have not derogated…
…conservatively, with arbitration remaining the ‘least worst’ option for dispute resolution. Barbara also observed that in her experience institutional arbitration was preferable as it gave clearer structure to a dispute….
