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2023 Copenhagen Arbitration Day Recap: The Future of Arbitration

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He emphasised the importance of arbitration to business and society, particularly owing to the present burden on the courts. He highlighted the Vikings’ focus on trade as well as the 400-year history of the host venue itself, namely the Old Stock Exchange with its dragon-tailed spire. A Need for a New Danish Arbitration Act?

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B v C: Qatar International Court’s First Decision On A Set-Aside Application

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On 5 May 2024, the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre (“Court”), rendered its judgment in B v C on a setting aside application brought under the QFC Arbitration Regulations 2005 (“QFC Arbitration Regulations”). There are two important takeaways on the third ground. 171/2020 and Qatari Court of Appeal No.

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Behind the technologies at the forefront of improving NOAA hurricane data

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Photo by Madison Alder) Surface-level importance Specifically, the deployment of newer technologies that can go far lower than the P-3 translates into having a better idea of what the storm looks like where humans are. “We Surface-level data is also important because that’s where the storms get their fuel.

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An Australian Maritime Dispute in London: Can the Hague-Visby Rules Render an Arbitration Agreement Null and Void?

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In Jindal Iron and Steel Co Ltd v Islamic Solidarity Shipping Co Jordan Inc [2005] 1 WLR 1363; [2005] 1 All ER 175 (“ Jindal ”), the House of Lords held that the carrier’s obligation to load “properly and carefully” applies only to the extent that the agreement provides for those functions to be performed by the carrier.

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2019 Hague Convention: On UK Accession and the Convention’s Interplay with International Arbitration

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Consequently, the HCCH’s ambition had to be curtailed, so the HCCH temporarily settled for adopting the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (“Choice of Court Convention”). The HCCH hence viewed the Choice of Court Convention as an important achievement, albeit one that required additional budling blocks.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

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Against this backdrop, some important lessons can be drawn for practitioners. VR Van Raalte Reclame , 2005). Identifying who may be liable is therefore of paramount importance. The ruling casts further light on the standard of judicial review applicable to annulment proceedings in France.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

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After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Davis recalled that their legacy communication system made it nearly impossible to coordinate rescue efforts. “We All three panelists emphasized the importance of people-driven transformation within public safety. How do we better train our first responders? How do we better train the dispatchers?”

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