The 2020 CIArb Dispute Appointment Service (DAS) Convention kicked off with a keynote address by Professor Dr Mohammed S. Abdel Wahab, MCIArb.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has announced today the launch of its latest skills e-module, ‘A Guide to Arbitration Award Writing’.

As the UK negotiates new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) following its departure from the European Union, the Department for International Trade is seeking qualified arbitrators to join rosters for the dispute mechanisms within those FTAs.

Following lockdown, CIArb moved all of its training and assessment online by integrating a virtual classroom into its learning platform. This has enabled it to carry on delivering its programmes.

The 2020 Alexander Lecture delivered by Professor Richard Susskind OBE on 12 November 2020, focused on the ways that technology can be applied to dispute resolution both now and beyond.

At the end of October 2020 the Court of Appeal in the case of Hayley v Hayley [2020] EWCA Civ 1369 unanimously endorsed the Family Law Arbitration Financial Scheme operated under the IFLA Rules.