In recent years,
new arbitration centres have been set up In Lagos, Kigali, Mauritius and Nairobi, offering their services beyond the borders of their host countries.
However, in response to Singapore's recent rise in prominence, in order to further improve Hong Kong's ADR, in 2017 Hong Kong plans to open
a new arbitration centre that is open not only to HKIAC but also to arbitration institutions and arbitration focused law firms from around the world.
Not exact matches
The legislature created the status of the parties in a process founded upon a solution to labour relations in a wholly
new and statutory framework at the
centre of which stands a
new forum, the contract
arbitration tribunal.
Summary: The appellant moved the Supreme Court to grant its application for recognition and enforcement of an
arbitration award rendered by the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution in
New...
He is also co-director of the International
Centre for Energy
Arbitration and chairs the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration -
New York City Bar - CPR working group on cybersecurity in international
arbitration and sits on the ICC International Court of
Arbitration United Kingdom
arbitration and alternative dispute resolution committee.
February should have seen Kenyan lawyers beginning the process of funding a
new international
arbitration centre - but not everyone is willing to pay.
In a decision recently posted on the Swedish
Arbitration Portal, the Swedish Supreme Court held that an
arbitration award rendered by the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution in
New York could be enforced in Sweden, even though the respondent had not participated in the proceedings.
The
Arbitration Act, through which the BVI largely adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law, and the BVI's accession to the
New York Convention on 25 May 2014, are crucial steps, which made possible the establishment of a viable and internationally respected
arbitration centre in the BVI.
This growth is reflected in the workstream through established bodies of
arbitration such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as well as in
newer regional
arbitration institutions such as in Dubai and Singapore.
In this issue: The development of
arbitration in the Asia - Pacific region; The English Commercial Court refuses to enforce a
New York Convention award; Further development of Dubai as a regional
arbitration hub: the launch of EMAC (Emirates Maritime
Arbitration Centre); Removal of an arbitrator due to lack of impartiality: a recent English Commercial Court case; Conferences and events
Last year, DIAC released a draft set of
new rules, the DIAC
Arbitration and Conciliation Rules 2016 (the «DIAC Rules 2016») for public consultation and it has recently indicated that the revisions to its rules will include a change to the default seat of
arbitration from the «onshore» Dubai to the «offshore» Dubai International Financial
Centre (DIFC).
At the same time, the Dubai International
Arbitration Centre — arguably the most popular of all UAE arbitral institutions — has prepared
new arbitration rules which it intends to release this year.