Arbitrability: The Limits of Arbitration on 7 April 2016, 12.00-2.00pm Venue: CCLS, room 3.1, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2a 3JB QMUL’s School of International Arbitration is pleased to present a guest lecture by Leng Sun Chan SC, Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow (Singapore), discussing “Arbitrability: The Limits of Arbitration”. The foundation of arbitration lies in the agreement of parties to arbitrate. Party autonomy is often invoked as a guiding principle. Nonetheless, there are instances where…
We are pleased to announce that the new edition of The Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available.…
Recent Developments The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (“ICC”), two…
Can witnesses in the course of an arbitral hearing be requested to testify on issues for which they were initially not offered by a party? At the outset, this appears to be a remote question but it has become a rather frequent practical problem which can have a significant impact on the outcome of an arbitration. Here is a typical scenario, illustrated by an example: in a large post M&A dispute, the buyer = Claimant…
Anchoring is a psychological phenomenon wherein a person is influenced by certain reference points he or she is…
As we have previously reported on Global Arbitration News [here], arbitral tribunals most often start their decision-making process…
As we have outlined in an earlier post [here], arbitral tribunals – as a starting point – generally apply the rule “costs follow the event” to allocate the costs of the arbitration. That is the result of the ICC Commission Report “Decisions on Costs in International Arbitration”. The ICC Report also came to the conclusion that arbitral tribunals regularly exercise their discretion to adjust the event-based cost allocation on the basis of several factors. One…
Effective from 1 January 2016, the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) has…
The Bar Council has recently published a guidance note regarding barristers from the same chambers appearing as counsel…
There has been much debate and discussion regarding third party funding in international arbitration. The question that is now being asked is whether parties should make full disclosure about receiving third party funding. In a recent ICSID decision which was covered here, the tribunal ordered the Claimants to disclose whether they were the recipients of third party funding, and, if they were, to disclose the names and details of the funder and some terms upon…