Organisation: International Bar Association
Foxton on the fragmentation of commercial disputes
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
IBA task force calls for res judicata standard
A task force set up by the International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has recommended the drafting of guidelines for an autonomous standard of res judicata to promote consistency in international commercial arbitration.
25 February 2025
Deepsea miner reports disappointing win against Mexico
A US deep-ocean mining company that sought more than US$2 billion in damages in a NAFTA claim against Mexico over a thwarted phosphate project says the arbitration has concluded with an award in its favour worth around US$37 million.
18 September 2024
CPR introduces disclosure guidelines
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) has published new guidelines on how arbitrators should make conflict of interest disclosures.
11 September 2024
Vinson & Elkins recruits from Fried Frank
James Barratt has left the partnership at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson to join Vinson & Elkins as its co-head of international disputes in Europe.
25 July 2024
Institutions compare notes at GAR Live Istanbul
At GAR Live Istanbul, representatives from the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and Swiss Arbitration Centre compared the institutions’ approaches to appointment of arbitrators, disclosure standards, scrutiny of awards and sanctions.
15 July 2024
Bucharest event considers “critical developments”
The fifth edition of the Bucharest Arbitration Days included panels addressing ethics and conflicts of interest, the relationship with the courts, how institutions make appointments, modernisation of investment contracts and efforts to reform ISDS.
09 July 2024
New chair at Swedish body
Ginta Ahrel of Westerberg & Partners has been appointed as the new chair of the executive committee at the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA).
28 June 2024
IBA committee launches diversity survey
The International Bar Association arbitration committee has launched a survey to examine ethnic diversity in international arbitration and its impact on the legitimacy of the process.
29 April 2024
Eversheds team head to HFW in Paris
Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec have left the partnership at Eversheds Sutherland to join the international arbitration team at Holman Fenwick Willan in Paris.
26 April 2024