2025 was marked by the continued integration and scrutiny of technology in arbitration. As artificial intelligence (“AI”) and other digital tools moved from novelty to normalised use, the arbitration…
This story begins with efficiency. An arbitral tribunal, overwhelmed by thousands of pages of submissions and expert reports, turns to an AI system to generate insights and streamline its…
International arbitration stands at the threshold of another profound inflection point—one beyond artificial intelligence (“AI”). Even as practitioners and institutions grapple with the current and…
In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987 (“Judgment”), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Sir William Blair) ("Court") held that service of a Notice of Arbitration was validly issued via a link contained…
According to Queen Mary University’s 2025 International Arbitration Survey, 77% of respondents considered it “appropriate for arbitrators to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) to assist in…
Australia's defence sector is at a critical inflection point. In the wake of rising global conflicts, Australia is strengthening its strategic alliances through the Australia-United Kingdom-United…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (“ACICA”), ACICA45, the ACICA’s group for young and emerging practitioners, hosted a thought…
In the silence of coded chains and cryptographic consensus, a new form of adjudication has emerged—one that claims the name of “justice” without courts, robes, or borders. This is decentralised…
Natural language processing (“NLP”) artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools are booming in the legal industry, and international arbitration is no exception. Practitioners are harnessing AI to boost…
