At the dawn of the New Year, following their adoption in November 2020, the revised DIFC-LCIA Rules of Arbitration (the “2021 DIFC-LCIA Rules”) have now entered into force with effect from 1st…
Introduction
The Prague Rules have been widely discussed over the past few months, among others, on this blog. Yet, to the knowledge of the authors, none of those discussions has specifically…
Many arbitration centres trumpet innovativeness as their selling point. One commonly cited proof of innovativeness is 'software upgrades', i.e., centres revising rules to introduce new arbitral…
A heated debate has been ignited by the results of the 2018 Queen Mary Survey, which highlighted time and cost as the most fervid complaints respondents had regarding arbitration. In order to address…