Arbitration Institutions and Rules

In two recently reported cases, parties to arbitrations have challenged arbitrator and/or institutional fees where the underlying awards have also been subject to annulment or set aside proceedings. …

In the early 1990's, then World Bank Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ibrahim Shihata, and then ICSID Legal Advisor, Antonio Parra, observed that there "was hardly any case law" on the full…

The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (the "JCAA") introduced their International Commercial Mediation Rules (the "Rules") on 1 January 2009. The JCAA has followed the lead of other…

In Switzerland, the Federal Supreme Court has recently, and for the first time, had the opportunity to hear and reject the challenge of an award rendered pursuant to the Expedited Procedure (Article…

What could be more basic? Arbitrations begin with each side naming an arbitrator. References are occasionally made to "the fundamental right" to name one's arbitrator. But there is no such right. …

George Bermann, the ALI Reporter for the Restatement (Third) on the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration, presented a wonderful summary of the current progress on the Restatement at the…

"...so many construction disputes are now heading towards arbitration" remarks the calling notice for the next Society of Construction Law-Gulf event in Dubai in April. Around the world, the…

One of the defining features of the international arbitration community is the plethora of international arbitration conferences. Every month the calendar is full of opportunities to travel the…

Last week I attended a wonderful conference at Pepperdine Law School on international sports arbitrations administered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It is a remarkably sophisticated…