Organisation: Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution

The ruler of Dubai has appointed an entirely new board of trustees at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre – with the new line-up showing a preference for local over foreign practitioners.

25 September 2019

Nine new ICSID panels have been formed in the past three months, with first-time appointments for former ICSID senior counsel Ucheora Onwuamaegbu and Spanish arbitrator Antonio Hierro.

19 August 2019

An ICSID tribunal has been formed to hear a €60 million claim brought against Morocco by a German scrap metal recycler that alleges it was targeted by an export ban.

08 August 2019

The DIFC Court of First Instance has found that the Dubai International Arbitration Centre breached an arbitration agreement and its own rules in the manner it appointed a tribunal chair – but cannot be held liable as the error was unintentional.

01 July 2019

Egyptian arbitrator Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, a major figure in international arbitration in the Arab world and beyond for nearly half a century, has died aged 86.

19 March 2019

The international arbitration community is mourning Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, who died at the weekend. Here is a selection of the tributes.

19 March 2019

An ICSID tribunal has recommended that Egypt grant Al Jazeera necessary access to an imprisoned journalist and ensure his humane treatment so that he can testify in an arbitration concerning an alleged state campaign of harassment against the Qatari broadcaster.

14 March 2019

Nassib G Ziadé, chief executive officer of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA), used a speech in Manama to question whether proposals to establish a permanent court to hear investment disputes would address the flaws in the current investor-state arbitration system or be in the best interests of developing countries.

13 February 2019

The latest conference of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the American Society of International Law in Washington, DC critically examined the lack of diversity and inclusion in international arbitration and explored potential solutions.

18 May 2018

The Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution - BCDR-AAA - has new rules aimed at bringing its arbitration services in line with international best practice.

13 November 2017