This February marks LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK. Within the UK, this coincides with the anniversary of the abolition of Section 28, and the month itself celebrates lesbian, bisexual and transgender history, as well as the history of LGBTQ+ rights movements.

CIArb is saddened by recent developments in Myanmar which have seen the overthrow of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and the installation of a military junta ruling under a year-long state of emergency.

CIArb’s Taiwan Chapter was honoured to co-host a conference focusing on the topic of an “Introduction to FIDIC Forms of Contract and an Analysis of Construction Arbitration Cases” in Taipei.

CIArb and the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge Young Practitioners Subcommittee are delighted to announce they have entered into a partnership to provide ERA members with discounted training.

The issues before the UK Court of Appeal in a recent case centre on whether an expert firm owed a fiduciary duty of loyalty to their client company and whether they owed a contractual duty to avoid conflicts of interest.

The North West branch is delighted to announce that Richard Barnes FCIArb has been appointed to the CIArb Board of Trustees.