Following a consultation earlier this year, the Law Commission of England and Wales has today confirmed it will conduct a review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the principal legislation governing arbitration in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

There’s a lot of talk about the future currently. In Glasgow at COP26, world leaders debate the ways to avoid an environmental catastrophe later in the century.

In 2020, we shared a summary of Kabab-Ji SAL v Kout Food Group. Even though the case covers many significant legal issues, one of them is of particularly high importance for the arbitration community.

As part of our commitment to tackling climate change and delivering a net-zero world, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is delighted to become a formal supporter of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance (NZLA).

The Taiwan Chapter was very honored to co-host, along with the Chinese National Federation of Industries, the Taiwan Impact Investing Association, and the iADR®, a special evening talk on “Hot and Emerging Legal Topics in Climate Change”.

The YMG is seeking to appoint nine new members to its Global Steering Committee, an international group of dispute resolution practitioners below the age of 40.