On 2 June 2026, the Queen Elizabeth II Centre opened its doors for the Main Conference of the 7th edition of the London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”). Under the theme Tradition, Trust and…
CanArb Week 2026 took place earlier this month in Toronto, during which multiple panels addressed arbitration in the era of change. One of the participating organizations, the Toronto Commercial…
Can a dispute settlement system preserve its legitimacy if it structurally enables one party to assert claims while limiting the other’s ability to respond in kind? The UNCITRAL Working Group III (“…
A USD 198 billion investment treaty claim brought by Singapore-incorporated Zeph Investments (“Zeph”) against Australia has been dismissed on the basis that Zeph, which acquired ownership over an…
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is no longer just confined to improving the efficiency of arbitration proceedings: it is increasingly becoming part of arbitral decision-making (see here). But can an…
On 21 January 2026, the European Commission (“EC”) launched an in-depth investigation into the EUR 61 million ICSID award (plus interest) issued in favour of the Maltese investor ACF Renewable Energy…
On 8 April 2026, Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça, "STJ") decided REsp No. 2,210,332/SC, a case that required it to answer a deceptively simple question: when,…
Ireland was recently announced as the EMEA hub for the ICDR. The arguments in its favour are obvious. Ireland is one of only two English-speaking EU members. It is home to many multinational…
The Dutch Arbitration Association will hold its annual conference, the Dutch Arbitration Day (“DAD”), on 18 June 2026. The DAD will take place in the H’ART Museum in Amsterdam and bring together…
29 April 2026 marked twelve years since the first publicly known emergency arbitrator decision in an investment‑treaty case—TSIKInvest LLC v. Republic of Moldova—entered the public domain. …
