This decision has been the subject of considerable discussion
among arbitration practitioners: as was discussed several months ago on Slaw, the case raises a number of difficult questions about how international arbitration and Canada's treaty obligations in that respect interact with local procedural law — specifically limitation of actions — when seeking to enforce the award, and more generally whether foreign judgments and arbitral awards should continue to be treated, for limitations purposes, as mere contract debts.
Not exact matches
The YSIAC is a forum for young professionals to exchange expertise, ideas and experience in international
arbitration and serves a platform to allow young professionals interested in alternative dispute resolution in Asia and worldwide to network
among like - minded peers and to build mentoring relationships between young professionals and experienced
practitioners.
Leading international
arbitration experts and
practitioners like Philippe Pinsolle, Bart Legum, Jennifer Kirby, and Philipp Habegger will be
among the speakers.
Franz Schwarz and Steven Finizio — based in our London office — are also consistently ranked
among leading international
arbitration practitioners, as is John Pierce, in New York, and John Trenor, Rachael Kent and David Bowker in our Washington DC office.
The new interpretation will focus on the issues that courts frequently encounter when
arbitration - related cases come before them, dealing with gaps in current judicial interpretations (and likely the outdated
Arbitration Law, (The
Arbitration Law is also the subject of discussions
among practitioners, academics, and others.)