Conference coverage

A panel at GAR Live Construction Disputes discussed the growing trend of expert reports signed by multiple expert witnesses – and whether they give vital experience to junior experts but also potentially lead to an abuse of process.

17 April 2025

The third edition of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration’s conference on international arbitration in the mining sector took place in Toronto last month, focusing on critical minerals, regulatory frameworks and the increasingly debated concept of the “social licence to operate”. Tom Villalón of Three Crowns in Washington DC reports.

17 April 2025

Photos are now available from the 15th edition of the GAR Awards.

14 April 2025

ExxonMobil senior counsel Tom Sikora used a virtual appearance at Paris Arbitration Week to criticise some of the “debilitating” proposals for reform of investor-state dispute settlement being considered by UNCITRAL working group III, including curbs on shareholder claims and provisions for counterclaims. 

07 April 2025

At the IBA Arbitration Day, Catherine Amirfar and Constantine Partasides KC considered the value of international arbitration as a tool of peace in times of global crisis, discussing its role in events such as the blockade on Qatar and the Bosnian War.

04 April 2025

Mr Justice Foxton of the English Commercial Court used a speech at the IBA Arbitration Day in London to suggest ways the arbitration community and the courts can work together to reduce the fragmentation of commercial disputes across courts and arbitral tribunals.  

04 April 2025

An event in London hosted by the UK Ministry of Justice, the LCIA and the IDRC celebrated the passage into law of the new English arbitration act, described as “a labour of love” on the part of some present, and considered how it interacts with the latest version of the LCIA rules.

25 March 2025

The latest Swedish Arbitration Days considered the plethora of information in international arbitration, looking at the document production process, how information is handled and kept safe, and whether it can be trusted given the growing risk of deep fakes. 

17 March 2025

Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.

12 March 2025

In the latest Lalive Lecture, Philippe Sands KC recounted his personal experience of over 40 years as counsel and arbitrator in investor-state dispute settlement and described how he perceived the evolution of the field. 

07 March 2025