On August 30, 2016, the ABA Section of International Law will hold a teleconference entitled “CAS”: The “Supreme Court of Sports” at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, featuring Michael Lenard, President of the CAS Ad Hoc Tribunal for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Event details are below. Registration is available on the ABA’s website, here. Format: Teleconference Date: August 30, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Sponsor(s): Section of International Law The 2016 Summer Olympics…
This article is about two phenomena which currently impact the business of dispute resolution: The Vanishing Trial and…
Over the course of 2016, arbitral institutions around the globe have published their case load statistics for 2015.…
Get a quick comparison of commonly used arbitration rules in the ASEAN region in this Chart of Arbitral Institutions. We have refreshed our chart to include the new SIAC Rules 2016 (Singapore) and SHIAC 2016. Other arbitration rules that are analysed include the ICC Rules 2012, the KLRCA Rules (Malaysia), the VIAC rules 2012 (Vietnam), the BANI rules (Indonesia), the UNICITRAL Ad Hoc Rules 2013 and the PDRCI Rules 2015 (Philippines).
Editor’s note: This article was first published in October 2015. Since then, the consultation period during which comments…
The new SIAC Rules 2016 (the “2016 Rules”) will now allow disputes to be consolidated or parties to…
The Singapore High Court has recently dismissed a challenge to set aside an arbitration award in AYH v AYI and another [2015] SGHC 300, confirming that parties should make full use of any opportunities to submit upon any new issues of law and fact that arise during the course of an arbitration when they arise and not later, e.g. by way of a challenge to any award. If an issue arises in an arbitration and…
Since diplomatic relations with China began in 1992, Israeli-Sino trade volume has risen steadily, from US$50 million in…
Parties entering into related contracts should carefully consider how future disputes ought to be resolved. This alert will…
Perhaps the most high-profile case in the debate over investor-state arbitration in recent years has been the investment treaty claim by Philip Morris against the Australian Government, concerning the introduction of tobacco plain packaging rules. Opponents have relied on the case to highlight the perceived risk of “regulatory chill” caused by the proliferation of “secret courts”, while many proponents had hoped that the case would result in an award that carefully balanced the State’s “right…