Premium article - December 21, 2011
Delegates at the recent GAR Live in London considered if administrative secretaries to tribunals should be allowed to draft arbitral awards, in an animated debate where one speaker warned of the danger of awards that are "part Enid Blyton, part Tolstoy".
Premium article - December 21, 2011
GAR is taking a break from daily news reporting. We wish you all the best for the holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous 2012.
Premium article - December 16, 2011
Australia's highest court has ruled that it is not an abuse of process to bring domestic litigation and foreign arbitration proceedings on the same facts against related respondents.
Premium article - December 16, 2011
Kazakhstan is to acquire a stake in an international oil consortium led by the UK's BG Group and Italy's Eni for US$1 billion, at the same time settling two UNCITRAL claims.
Premium article - December 16, 2011
Clients are more concerned about price than legal obstacles when it comes to third-party funding, although in the medium term the international arbitration world will need to evolve some best practices to tackle discrete issues likely to arise.
Premium article - December 16, 2011
The secretary general of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Christiaan Kröner, is leaving to perform the same role at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, and will be replaced by the Netherlands' ambassador to France, Hugo Hans Siblesz.
Premium article - December 14, 2011
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has boldly gone where no arbitration institute has gone before, unveiling new procedural rules for use in disputes relating to outer space.
Premium article - December 14, 2011
US lawyer Lisa Bench Nieuwveld is returning to the Netherlands to join disputes boutique Conway & Partners as of counsel after a year in New York.
Premium article - December 13, 2011
Oman has been served with its first ICSID claim - by a US investor seeking more than US$560 million over the termination of a limestone quarrying concession.
Premium article - December 13, 2011
Baker & McKenzie has hired a partner from Chadbourne & Parke to head its Mexico City litigation and arbitration practice group.