…highly respected and experienced international arbitration hand based in Seoul, as the Chairman of the organization. In addition, an International Arbitration Committee comprised of many well-known figures in the field…
…(the Austrian Yearbook of International Arbitration), ICC Austria, YAAP (Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners), and UNCITRAL. Anna Joubin-Bret, UNCITRAL’s Secretary, provided an overview of UNCITRAL’s work streams, including its work on…
…line with the objective of arbitration i.e. to ensure expedient and efficient resolution. The tribunal secretaries increase the efficiency of the arbitration proceeding by supplementing the arbitrators during the arbitral…
…cover non-judicial and quasi-judicial legal proceedings such as arbitration. Implications of exempting arbitration under the Draft Bill If arbitration is indeed exempt under Clause 44, most obligations under the proposed…
On 27 March 2017, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA“) designated an appointing authority in an OIC arbitration by applying the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, despite the absence…
…England and its impact on the money market. The outline of the legal conundrum is notorious, but it bears recapping briefly to bring the issue into relief. Micula et al1)More…
…PAULSSON, International Arbitration Is Not Arbitration, (2008) 2 Stockholm International Arbitration Review 18. Five years after Jan Paulsson’s lecture, I wrote an article arguing, among other things, that the task…
…2012). According to the facts of the case, the parties concluded a fuel transportation agreement, which contained a multi-tiered arbitration clause that provided for conciliation and then arbitration before the…
…in e-arbitration In e-arbitration, the arbitration agreement is concluded, and the arbitral process is conducted, online. In this regard, some commentators observe that the form requirement in e-commerce contracts, including…
…to arbitral tribunals. Luis BRAVO ABOLAFIA, Implied Choice of the Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement: The Effect on Non-Signatories in International Arbitration The law applicable to the arbitration agreement…
…decision, the Supreme Court reminded the lower courts to apply the Philippine arbitration laws accordingly and highlighted how arbitration contributes to judicial reforms. It stated: “[a]rbitration, as a mode of…
…of the arbitration agreement is in doubt – for example, could a party argue that it was not a signatory to the arbitration agreement or that the arbitration agreement was…
…We hope you find these useful. In “Singapore Convention Series – Harmonization of China’s legal system with the Convention: suggestions for the implementation of the convention in China”, in the…
…mediation in the new Singapore Mediation Convention. Shou Yu and Nadja use a hypothetical scenario to explain the concept of ‘seat’ in international arbitration law and practice and why such…
…as Law that the EU can give intra-EU prevalence to its own rules. The foundation of arbitration is the mutual consent. Is there mutual consent where in accordance with the…
…Indian court could intervene in an investment arbitration and grant an anti-arbitration injunction only if the arbitration is “oppressive, vexatious, inequitable or constitutes an abuse of the legal process”. In…
…provisions of the Civil Procedural Code refer to arbitration in general, they apply to both domestic and international arbitration. However, the procedure for domestic arbitration and legal force and enforcement…
…seat for China-related international arbitrations. Parties may now conduct “offshore” arbitration in Hong Kong whilst keeping open the potential for interim measures in Mainland China. Background Under PRC law the…
In RJ v HB [2018] EWHC 2833 (Comm) (‘RJ’), Andrew Baker J (‘Baker J’) found that the facts disclosed a serious irregularity under s68 of the English Arbitration Act 1996…
While the gender imbalance in arbitrator appointments is widely known,1) L. Greenwood, Getting a Better Balance on International Arbitration Tribunals, Arbitration International, Issue 4 (2012). the causes are still debated….
The 6th Annual Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, co-hosted by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), the Institute for Energy Law (IEL), and the International Court of Arbitration of…
…both achievements! Can you tell us about the top three key improvements in the new rules? Thank you. The revised rules incorporate a number of new innovative features based on…
…conducting a consultation on amending its rules, and several States considering alternatives to the current system of investment treaty arbitration. A state of flux, however, also creates opportunity. With these…
…going to shed some light on these issues, whereas it will be on the arbitration community to take it from there by either implementing the solutions in arbitration rules, or,…
