Organisation: Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has added seven new members to its board presided over by Nabil Elaraby, including five non-Egyptians.

19 January 2018

UNCITRAL has celebrated its 50th anniversary in Cairo after talks in Vienna on the reform of investor-state dispute settlement were delayed by a day-and-a-half owing to disagreement among delegates as to who should preside.

11 December 2017

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration is to change its name to mark its 40th anniversary next year – while its director Sundra Rajoo has new roles as president of the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre and deputy chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA ethics committee.

08 December 2017

Malaysia's top court has refused to reinstate a US$56 million UNCITRAL award against Laos, a month after it was denied enforcement by a US appeal court.

11 September 2017

Sir Anthony Colman, an English arbitrator and judge who split his time between London and Dubai and was recently appointed chair of the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre, has died‎ aged 79.

02 August 2017

The estate of a deceased Thai investor has threatened to bring an investment arbitration claim against Malaysia over a fraudulent transfer of property - which, if it goes ahead, will be one of the few claims ever brought under a trade bloc agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

01 August 2017

A US appeal court has upheld a lower court's controversial decision to reverse its own enforcement of a US$57 million UNCITRAL award against Laos after it was set aside at the seat of arbitration, Malaysia.

24 July 2017

International arbitration in China is growing thanks to the establishment of seven new free trade zones in the mainland, favourable court rulings and the "One Belt, One Road" policy, heard delegates at a conference in London held by the Beijing Arbitration Commission.

23 June 2017

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration has unveiled new rules that aim to enhance the quality and efficiency of its procedure, as it seeks to attract disputes arising from China’s “One Belt, One Road” policy.

16 May 2017

Arbitrator Intelligence – the initiative of Pennsylvania State University professor Catherine Rogers which aims to promote fairness, transparency, accountability and increased diversity in tribunal selection – has unveiled its questionnaire to elicit feedback on arbitrators.

22 February 2017