Organisation: Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution

A Middle Eastern company that saw the bulk of its US$300 million claim against Syria dismissed by an ICC tribunal has lost a challenge to the award before Switzerland’s highest court.

29 September 2017

Former UK Supreme Court president Lord Phillips, ex-UK government legal adviser Sir Michael Wood and Three Crowns partner Gaëtan Verhoosel are among the arbitrators to receive their first ICSID appointments in the latest round of tribunals formed at the centre.

03 May 2017

International arbitration tribunals have diversified slower than many international courts and tribunals, argued the CEO of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, Nassib Ziadé, at GAR Live Dubai yesterday.

18 November 2016

The Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution has launched a public consultation on a draft set of arbitration rules to replace its original set adopted six years ago.

08 November 2016

The first institution of its kind in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration – SCCA – was established by cabinet decree two years ago and had its soft launch on 2 Muharram 1438, corresponding in the Islamic calendar to 3 October 2016. GAR speaks with its CEO Majed Al Rasheed.

03 November 2016

The World Bank has promoted two recently-appointed chief counsel at ICSID to the role of deputy secretary general to assist secretary general Meg Kinnear with her responsibilities.

13 October 2016

The Second Circuit's Commisa v Pemex ruling and the Dubai Court of Cassation's reversal of a surprising decision not to enforce a UK award were on everyone's lips at a signing event for Marike Paulsson's new book on the New York Convention in Washington, DC.

29 September 2016

18 May 2016

18 May 2016

04 January 2016