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LONDON: Paulsson waxes poetic
Premium article - December 14, 2012
Jan Paulsson has borrowed from a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson to argue that we should move towards global convergence in the way disputes are resolved, with internationally recognised norms, trusted by all.
KIEV: Understanding the value of evidence
Premium article - December 04, 2012
At its first-ever event in Ukraine, the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) discussed the role of evidence in international arbitration and heard advice from a leading arbitrator. Jarred Pinkston, of counsel at Dorda Brugger Jordis in Vienna, reports
KIEV: Big thinking in Ukraine
Premium article - December 03, 2012
Ukraine rolled out the welcome mat to the international arbitration community at its second Kiev Arbitration Days, which urged practitioners to "Think Big!" Jarred Pinkston, of Dorda Brugger Jordis in Vienna, reports
PARIS: Mayer stars in Arbitrators Studio premiere
Premium article - October 18, 2012
A recently launched group of "very young" arbitration practitioners in Paris has welcomed Dechert's Pierre Mayer as the first guest speaker in an innovative event format, "Arbitrators Studio".
TAIPEI: China and investment arbitration
Premium article - October 17, 2012
A conference co-hosted by the Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA) in Taipei and National Taiwan University addressed the growing significance of investment arbitration in China, holes in the Taiwanese law on deciding arbitrator challenges, and enforcement of mediated settlement agreements. Helena Chen, partner at Formosan Brothers in Taipei, reports.
STOCKHOLM: Party versus institutional appointment; tribunal secretary or not?
Premium article - October 15, 2012
A joint event held by Young Arbitrators Stockholm and ICDR Young & International debated party versus institutional appointment of arbitrators and the role of tribunal secretaries - with a poll of participants revealing overwhelming support for party appointment, but more division about the second issue. Noradèle Radjai of Lalive in Geneva and Fredrik Ringquist of Mannheimer Swartling in Moscow, report.
MOSCOW: The four Ps
Premium article - October 15, 2012
Panellists at a recent event in Moscow, organised by ICDR Young and International, considered the role of advocacy in international arbitration and what Noradèle Radjai of Lalive in Geneva termed the "the four Ps of cross-examination": purpose, plan, preparation and performance". Participant Fredrik Ringquist of Mannheimer Swartling in Moscow reports.
DELHI: Can institutions cure India's court backlog?
Premium article - October 15, 2012
An LCIA India conference in New Delhi heard calls for institutional arbitration to come to the rescue of the Indian court system, which is bogged down with around 40 million pending cases. Kyriaki Karadelis reports
DUBLIN: IBA committee reports on progress
Premium article - October 04, 2012
The International Bar Association's annual meeting in Dublin saw the IBA arbitration committee report on its recent activities, including work on draft guidelines on counsel conduct and a review of its 2004 guidelines on conflicts of interest.
LONDON: Taking on the "inner mafia"
Premium article - October 02, 2012
Toby Landau QC has said that institutions should have more control over arbitrator appointments in investment treaty claims owing to the small, and increasingly divided, pool of arbitrators, described as "not just the mafia but a smaller, inner mafia".
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