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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
Chief editors: Gordon Blanke & Phillip Landolt. Published by Kluwer Law International, 2011. Reviewed by Professor Andrew Guzman, Berkeley School of Law.
Premium article - December 16, 2011
In his last dispatch, the president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Doug Jones, a partner at Clayton Utz in Sydney, describes seeing his presidency to completion in Australia, Ireland and the UK.
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
A seminar organised by CMS Cameron McKenna in Romania a day after a major investment arbitration victory for the state highlighted ways to protect foreign investment in central and eastern Europe, with an emphasis on pre-investment planning and managing the process of dispute resolution once an investment is underway. Horia Draghici, a senior associate at CMS Cameron McKenna in Romania, reports.
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 15, 2011
Jeffrey Golden and Gerard Meijer speak to Alison Ross about their plans for a new institution in The Hague to resolve high-value disputes in the financial markets, drawing on the expertise of derivatives and arbitration specialists.