Sentences with phrase «new arbitration law»

Even though the new arbitration law is a positive step towards development, where else do you think Qatar could improve to further drive in investment?

The new arbitration law in Qatar was set out to help aid investment into the country; what do you think was the initial motive behind setting out to ensure investment strengthened?

It is true that the new arbitration law is a positive step toward encouraging further investment in Qatar.

Prior to the passage of the new arbitration law, arbitration was governed by the Qatar Civil and Commercial Procedure Code.

Last year, Sadaff Habib discussed the prospect of a new arbitration law being enacted for the UAE.

South Africa's new arbitration law came into force at the end of 2017.

As stated above, in 2003 Japan enacted a new arbitration law modelled on the 1985 UNCITRAL Model law (1985).

The new arbitration law is modelled on the UNCITRAL Model Law (1985).

The UAE parliament [1] has approved a new arbitration law based on the UNCITRAL Model Law.

Not exact matches

Australia is already having a painful experience with this type of clause — tobacco company Philip Morris Asia has commenced arbitration against the Australian government over its new plain packaging for tobacco products laws using a similar clause in an investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong.

With New York's arbitration law set to expire on June 30, Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2013 - 14 Executive Budget included statutory language imposing 2 percent cap on compensation cost increases resulting from arbitration, defining «compensation» to include health benefits while excluding steps and longevity increments.

This Agreement, and any dispute between you and the Company, shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law, provided that this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

(a) Except with regard to the enforceability of the arbitration agreement contained herein, which shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (as set forth below in subsection 22 (d) below), this Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as they are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within New York and without regard to conflict of law principles.

It is in charge of admitting new members, evaluating the compliance of current members, the arbitration of various rules and by - laws of the OFCS, oversight of the financial needs of the OFCS, working as liaison between the society and the film industry, media and online community, and the general administrative functions of overseeing the OFCS.

And Anderson said while she recognized that the new teacher tenure law known as TEACHNJ provided some avenues for removing the least - effective teachers, the district needed to move more quickly than through a process that can include extensive documentation and arbitration.

A budget law gives state Commissioner John King binding - arbitration power to set a new evaluation system if New York City and the UFT can not comprominew evaluation system if New York City and the UFT can not compromiNew York City and the UFT can not compromise.

In a quick judgment that is one of the hallmarks of the law's new arbitration system, arbitrator David Gregory on Dec. 8 found on behalf of Williams, agreeing that the evaluations by his principal were contradictory and «egregiously irreconcilable.»

Ball was more critical of the arbitration process as a whole, under the new law, with its tight time restrictions requiring that cases be decided within 45 days after a hearing and limiting the pay that arbitrators can make.

While in recent years, some important scholars have suggested that the time has come to initiate a revision of the New York Convention, 8 there is no danger in leaving the Convention in its current form.9 Article VII (1), which will grow in importance with the continued modernization of national arbitration laws, ensures that the Convention can not freeze the development of international arbitration.

UNCITRAL considers the New York Convention to be one of the most important United Nations treaties in the area of international trade law and the cornerstone of the international arbitration system.4 Since its inception, the Convention's regime for recognition and enforcement has become deeply rooted in the legal systems of its Contracting States and has contributed to the status of international arbitration as today's normal means of resolving commercial disputes.

Although article V (1)(d) moves beyond the text of the 1927 Geneva Convention, it is not as liberal as certain arbitration statutes, which attach even less importance than the New York Convention to the law of the country where the arbitration took place at the recognition and enforcement stage.854 As explained in the chapter on article VII, 855 the Convention sets only a «ceiling», or the maximum level of control, which courts of the Contracting States may exert over foreign arbitral awards.

Professor (Dr.) Albert Jan van den Berg, founding partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg, the world - class international arbitration boutique firm, spoke at the third annual Carolyn Lamm / White & Case International Arbitration Lecture at Miami Law, delivering «Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.»

Ms. Riksheim began her legal career at a private law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she represented sureties and contractors in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings.

The genius of the New York Convention is to have foreseen, and made provision for, the progressive liberalization of the law of international arbitration.

With these newest certifications for our family lawyers, Pollock Begg now has four attorneys certified in collaborative law, two in mediation and one in arbitration.

Here's a new case study on how AccessData recently worked with Utah - based law firm PIA Anderson Dorius Reynard & Moss LLC using Summation eDiscovery solution for collection, processing and review of ESI for an international arbitration.

-- Pharmaceutical Company v. Insurers: Confidential arbitration proceedings relating to liability insurance and its application to US pharmaceutical risks (policy governed by New York Law) giving rise to issues as to the scope of cover / exclusion clauses.

Anton has experience of arbitrations under «Bermuda form» policies of insurance, including a case concerned with artificial heart implants, and proceedings under a pharmaceutical risk policy (English seat; New York law).

In particular, while the 1945 UN Charter and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea acknowledged and promoted interstate arbitration, the New York and the Washington conventions consecrated the principle of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards with regards to international trade and investment.

It is anticipated that the new law will provide a properly structured procedural framework for domestic and international arbitrations seated in the UAE, with clear rules on when an award may be challenged, as well as easing the route to enforcement of awards by giving arbitration awards the status of court judgment which can be ratified in the UAE Courts (thereby avoiding lengthy enforcement proceedings).

Until the new UAE Federal Arbitration Law is enacted, enforcing an onshore Dubai - seated arbitration award through the Dubai courts will continue to be fraught with difficulties, including uncertainty (there is no system of binding precedent in the UAE), significant delay (enforcement proceedings can take up to three years), and costs (legal costs are not recoverable in the Dubai Courts).

Represented corporate insured in $ 100 million dispute arising from hurricane losses subject to ad hoc arbitration in London under New York law

Insiders consider the new UAE arbitration law to be a very good draft law.

John also spent two years teaching international trade law, international commercial arbitration and international human rights law at Otago University in New Zealand.

As ALB's Special Report on Investment in Africa makes clear, it has strong, arbitration - friendly, laws in place, dating back to 1994, alongside a commitment to adherence to the New York Convention, since 1959 onwards.

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.

New partners span multiple practices, including litigation and arbitration, banking and leveraged finance, environmental law, project finance, tax, and technology and outsourcing; lawyers resident in six offices worldwide

a leading international banking institution in an ICC arbitration sited in Miami, with New York law applying, against a consortium of Latin American investors;

a leading international transportation company in an ICC arbitration sited in Mexico City, with Mexican and New York law applying, against a leading Mexican railroad (amount in dispute over $ 500 million);

Mr. Pierce is a Board Member and member of the Programs Committee of the New York International Arbitration Center; a founding member of the International Arbitration Club of New York; a former member of the International Dispute Resolution Committee and Committee on International Security Affairs at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; a member of the Federal Bar Council and a member of various international arbitration associations around the world (the International Bar Association (Committee D - Arbitration and ADR), the Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage, the Section of International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association and the International Arbitration Association in Paris).

In London, Fred has participated in a mock arbitration of a New York State Labor Law case, at Xchanging, a mock trial of a tractor - trailer accident, and a symposium on litigation at the Lloyd's Library all presented to large groups of claims professionals, underwriters and brokers.

2 The New York Convention (1958), -LRB-...) is the centerpiece in the mosaic of treaties and arbitration laws that ensure acceptance of arbitral awards and arbitration agreements (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATarbitration laws that ensure acceptance of arbitral awards and arbitration agreements (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATarbitration agreements (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATIONARBITRATION, 2011).

In light of the above, the process represents not only a clear violation of the New York Convention but also of the Ecuadorian Constitution and domestic laws, which recognize the right to due process and arbitration as an alternative mechanism of dispute resolution, without making a distinction between international and domestic arbitration.

International Arbitration: Cases and Materials A 1200 page casebook presents an international approach to international commercial arbitration, focusing on the New York Convention and UNCITRAL Model Law.

[6] Article V (1)(d) New York Convention: «The composition of the arbitral authority or the arbitral procedure was not in accordance with the agreement of the parties, or, failing such agreement, was not in accordance with the law of the country where the arbitration took place -LSB-...].»

A. Introduction While investor - state arbitration remains a relatively new area of international law, the number of cases commenced under international investment agreements (IIAs) has grown...

This plenary aimed to explore potential new types of claims that may lie ahead in international arbitration, and how arbitration in the future might become a forum for resolving disputes under new international and national laws, and new international policy.

Once constituted, the tribunal will invite parties to the first procedural hearing at the (usually neutral) seat of hearing (often jurisdictions with favorable arbitration laws and culture such as New York, London, Paris, Geneva and Singapore), where the calendar and procedural order for the next steps will be established.

However, the third paragraph of recital 12 complicates matters as it provides that where a member state court exercising jurisdiction under the Brussels I (recast) or national law has determined that an arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed, the court's judgment on the substance of the matter can be recognised or enforced in accordance with Brussels I (recast)(although this is expressed as without prejudice to the competence of member state courts to decide on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in accorded with the New York Convention which «takes precedence over» Brussels I (recast)-RRB-.

Author: Robert Ambrogi practices in Rockport, Mass., specializing in media and new media law as well as arbitration and mediation.