ICC International Court of Arbitration Secretary General Jason Fry described the last year as challenging. “This year can be best described as a period of consolidation. Mr Fry highlighted ICC’s new Hearing Centre in Paris, which opened for business in October 2008. Available for hearings, whether ICC, ‘ad hoc’ or under the auspices of other [...]
ICC International Court of Arbitration is hosting a weekend conference in Barcelona 27 to 29 June for lawyers and in-house counsel under the age of 40. The conference marks the launch of the new Young Arbitrators Forum YAF by ICC to strengthen links with the young arbitration community. The conference will be held in collaboration [...]
Canada has completed the enactment of Bill C-9, An Act to Implement the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention). The bill has been passed by both the House and the Senate and has received Royal Assent.
“This Act enables Canada to ratify a convention that has [...]
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will open a branch of the Secretariat of its International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong. The branch secretariat, the first in Asia, will have a case management team to administer cases in the region under the ICC Rules of Arbitration. It is expected to be fully operational by [...]
With about 350 arbitration cases / year (mainly in construction matters) Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is one of the most actives dispute resolution centres of the world. Main areas of activity of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre HKIAC are:
Negotiation: The most common form of dispute resolution is negotiation. By this means alone [...]
International Commercial Arbitration. Future Courses: Singapore and Oxford
Events and Courses on A Colleague writes “Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration: Singapore, 5 -13 January 2004 & Balliol College, Oxford 18 – 26 September 2004
This Diploma is considered the flagship of the Chartered Institute’s international arbitration training.
ADR/ODR
Launched by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1995 it has [...]
e-Commerce Trustmarks International Congress – 17 to 19 September 2003
Events and Courses on ADR/ODR ODR_Moderator writes “Ministry of Economics of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is organising from 17 to 19 September 2003 an international congress on the trustmarks in electronic commerce.
A non exhaustive list of the themes which will be tackled during this congress [...]
