One step closer to national harmonisation On 14 March 2013, the Commercial Arbitration Act 2013 (Act) was passed in Queensland. This Act brings Queensland into line with all States and Territories (except for the Australian Capital Territory) that have enacted the uniform legislation. In 2009, in response to criticism that arbitration had become too litigious, the former Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) agreed to draft new uniform commercial arbitration legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model…
INTRODUCTION 1. Several International Tribunals have come to the conclusion that “[t]he requirements of independence and impartiality serve…
Current Legislation Despite repeated attempts to obtain congressional approval to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law as the Argentine…
On 5 January 2015, the Minister of Law K Shanmugan and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon officially launched the new Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), following the Opening of the Legal Year. The SICC will decide global commercial cases and is part of the plan to position Singapore as Asia’s dispute resolution hub, which includes the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, established in 1991, and the Singapore International Mediation Centre, launched in November last year. The establishment…
According to SIAC’s 2012 annual report, more than 10 per cent of the 235 new cases filed with…
On 29 November 2014, the Turkish government published a law (No. 6570) authorizing the establishment of the Istanbul…