The following article is taken from the ALB (African Law & Business). Click here to go to the original article.
01 SEPTEMBER, 2017 | ANDREW MIZNER
An event hosted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators investigated the differing approaches toward arbitration taken by African countries.
The need for greater harmonisation between Africa’s differing legal traditions is needed if international arbitration is going to […]
The following article is taken from the Global Arbitration News – A news platform moderated by Baker McKenzie. Click here to go to the original article.
August 7, 2017 Author: Ben Ko and Alexander Findley
In the recent anonymised judgment of P v Q and others[2017] EWHC 194 (Comm), the England & Wales Commercial Court gave some important guidance on delegation within Tribunals and the […]
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New technologies and developments are transforming the future of dispute resolution though challenges remain, according to a recent ICC conference.
From 12-13 June 2017, an ICC conference entitled ‘Equal Access to Information & Justice: Online Dispute Resolution’ brought together 170 lawyers, magistrates, […]
The following article is taken from the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Click here to go to the original article.
10 August 2017
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) is pleased to announce that it has opened a second representative office in India (after its Mumbai representative office which was established in 2013), in the International Financial Services Centre in Gujarat […]
The following article is taken from Herbert Smith Freehills: Click here to go to the original article.
On 13 July, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passed a law (the Apology Law) intended to facilitate the resolution of civil disputes in the territory. The Apology Law, which is expected to be gazetted and come into force shortly, reforms the legal consequences of […]
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BY MEGHA MERANI | 03 JULY, 2017
The United Arab Emirates is expected to pass a new federal arbitration law this year that could facilitate attracting more foreign investment and establish the Gulf state as an international arbitration hub, according to one of […]
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JUL 8, 2017, 12:58 PM SGT | UPDATED JUL 8, 2017, 9:19 PM
Janice Tai | Social Affairs Correspondent
SINGAPORE – Be yourselves. Embrace competition. Seek a larger purpose.
Former Attorney-General V. K. Rajah dispensed these advice to law graduates from the National University of Singapore (NUS) […]
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PUBLISHED JUL 6, 2017, 5:00 AM SGT
Lawyers among the 33 picked from around the world by publisher Who’s Who Legal
Two Singaporean lawyers – Drew & Napier’s Senior Counsel Cavinder Bull and WongPartnership’s SC Alvin Yeo – have been recognised as worldwide thought leaders […]
The following article is taken from the Singapore Law Watch. Click here to go the original article.
Source TODAY
Date 26 Jul 2017
Author Louisa Tang
The Republic will gain a stronger foothold in the new area of dispute resolution between foreign investors and states — or investment dispute resolution — with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) to set up a staffed […]
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Author: Benjamin Levitt and Mathew Jones June 19, 2017
As we discussed in our blogpost last year, in March 2016, England’s Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, delivered a much debated speech in which he argued that arbitration is impeding the development […]