Vivekananda Neelakantan is the Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”). He brings a wealth of experience in international arbitration, having practised in India and…
The public consultation for which AI uses should classify as “high-risk” under the EU AI Act is closed. On 23 July 2026, the window shut on the European Commission's targeted consultation on its…
The first trimester of 2026 came in full force with news and developments in the field of international arbitration with an early January announcement from the Silicon Valley Arbitration &…
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is usually described as the next frontier for dispute resolution: a technology that will make adjudication fast, cheap, and consistent. Feed the facts and the…
On 4 June 2026, during London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”), the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London hosted an event on Arbitration in Military Supply…
When the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“New York Convention”) was adopted in 1958, the idea that an arbitral award might be assisted—or even generated—by a…
The Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), in collaboration with the ITA Board of Reporters, is happy to inform you that the latest ITA Arbitration Report was published: a free…
Construction cases can be tricky: the record is often voluminous, the disputes - modular, and the evidence - diverse in both type and substance. In my experience, the skill that matters most to fair…
Choosing an arbitrator is not just about experience and credentials, but it is also about intuition, signalling, and strategic alignment. It is about loading the dice.The same is true in liability.…
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…
