Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

Arbitration of Internal Trust Disputes: The Next Frontier for International Commercial Arbitration?

By Beth Graham - March 13, 2018

S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, has published “Arbitration of Internal Trust Disputes: The Next Frontier for International Commercial Arbitration?,” To be published in final form in ICCA Congress Series No. 20, "Evolution and Adaptation: The Future of International

Developments in International Commercial Mediation: US, UK, Asia, India and EU

By Beth Graham - December 17, 2015

Danny McFadden, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”), and Managing Director of CEDR Asia Pacific, has published “Developments in International Commercial Mediation: US, UK, Asia, India and EU,” Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 299-336, November 2015.

Non-Judicial Means of Collective Redress in Europe

By Beth Graham - December 15, 2014

S.I. Strong, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published a book chapter entitled Non-Judicial Means of Collective Redress in Europe in Collective Redress in Europe (Oxford University Press, anticipated 2015); University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-29.

The Chartered Institute for Arbitrators (CIArb) Creates New Trustee Position for Europe

By Victoria VanBuren - January 17, 2013

Elections were held in autumn 2012 to appoint six CIArb Trustees, effective from 01 January 2013. The elections followed the approval of a new Bye-Law, reducing the number of Trustees for Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland and Channel Islands) from six to five, with one new Trustee representing mainland Europe for the first time in the Institute’s history. The new Trustee for continental Europe was announced as Dr Axel Reeg MCIArb, past Chai

GUEST-POST | Response to ‘Stuck in Arbitration’

By Victoria VanBuren - March 13, 2012

By Michael McIlwrath On March 6, 2012, the New York Times published an Op-Ed article by Prof. Amalia D. Kessler of Stanford Law School criticizing obligatory arbitration for denying access to justice, especially in the context of consumer and employment law disputes. Here in Europe, arbitration generally cannot be made into an obligatory process for many types of disputes as it is in the United States. In Italy, for example (and it’s the same in

CIArb Costs of International Arbitration Survey 2011

By Victoria VanBuren - October 4, 2011

Last week, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“CIArb”) launched the results of the CIArb’s survey into the costs of international arbitration. The survey was completed by arbitrators and lawyers from five continents and includes information on 254 arbitrations conducted between 1991 and 2010. Here are some of the highlights: The survey results indicate that the costs of international arbitration vary depending on where the arbitr

Symposium | Arbitrators and National Courts: Conflict and Cooperation | Houston, May 13-14

By Victoria VanBuren - April 8, 2010

The University of Texas, along with the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Houston International Arbitration Club, will be sponsoring a symposium in Houston on May 13-14 on the subject, “Arbitrators and National Courts: Conflict and Cooperation.” The program will cover issues concerning the relationship between arbitrators and courts—such as the determination of arbitral jurisdiction, injunctions in favor of (or against) arb

Ten Hallmarks of Effective International Arbitration Agreements

By Victoria VanBuren - February 9, 2010

We came across this Mayer Brown LLP article identifying ten characteristics of an enforceable dispute resolution clause. Ten Hallmarks of Effective International Arbitration Agreements By William H. Knull Article – International Arbitration, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Americas, Asia, Europe 19 January 2010 International arbitration can provide the security of a neutral forum and a framework of enforcement treaties that is far supe