Arbitral institutions and hearing centres

The Dubai International Arbitration Centre has issued new rules and named the members of its new arbitration court, in the wake of a shock decree that makes it the principal arbitral institution in the emirate.

07 March 2022

The Swiss Arbitration Centre has refused to disqualify an arbitrator because of views he expressed in an academic article about advances on costs – while suggesting that arbitrators should think twice about publishing on “potentially sensitive issues” while they have cases pending.

07 March 2022

A Moscow court has ruled that foreign arbitral institutions without a licence to administer cases in Russia can nonetheless perform certain functions in relation to ad hoc arbitrations in the country, including appointing arbitrators.

18 February 2022

German arbitrator and academic Stefan Kröll has succeeded Herbert Kronke as president of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), as it announces a new board of directors and advisory board.

17 February 2022

As China celebrates the start of the Year of the Tiger, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre has released its case figures for the Year of the Ox (2021), when 277 arbitrations were submitted to the centre featuring parties from 41 jurisdictions and with approximately US$7 billion in dispute.

11 February 2022

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has revealed that it registered 83 new arbitration cases in 2021, its second highest number of annual registrations since 2016, and announced the appointment of Girgis Abd El-Shahid of Shahid Law Firm in Cairo to its advisory committee.

09 February 2022

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced the arbitrators who will hear disputes and doping cases arising from the Beijing Winter Olympics, which opened today.

04 February 2022

The ICC International Court of Arbitration registered almost 10% fewer new cases last year than in 2020 while the average value of claims more than tripled, according to newly released statistics.

26 January 2022

ICSID has tabled a vote by member states on the modernisation of its rules for investment disputes, which could come into force later this year.

21 January 2022

Five years after it was set up in a bid to introduce institutional arbitration to India, the cases administered by the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration have again doubled in number in a year – while its total caseload has reached US$500 million in value for the first time.

18 January 2022