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ICCA Handbook: Legislative Developments in Greece and Israel

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Handbook author Ioannis Vassardanis notes that these changes aim “at modernizing the relevant framework to adhere to international standards and contemporary practices, and to promote efficiency of arbitral proceedings in Greece.”

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Building public procurement integrity in Jamaica

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

With a mandate to prevent, investigate, and prosecute corruption, one of the Integrity Commission’s core functions is to oversee public procurement. There was huge enthusiasm in the room for developing a user-friendly tool to detect corruption in contracting.

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Was It Worth the Wait? The Proposed Revision of the 1998 German Arbitration Law

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It aims at strengthening the competitiveness of Germany as an arbitral seat, taking into account the 2006 update of the UNCITRAL Model Law (“2006 Model Law”) as well as reforms in neighbouring states, such as Switzerland , Austria and France , while not specifically addressing the ongoing reform process of the English Arbitration Act.

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Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses: Can the Agreement to Mediate Prior to Commencing Arbitration Be Binding?

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The Supreme Court’s earlier decision from 2006, which had been issued in a family law case, emphasised the voluntary nature of mediation but failed to clarify the binding nature of pre-suit mediation between professional parties.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

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These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. Early reformers in this first revolution were Ethiopia (2005), Ghana (2005), Kenya (2007), Tanzania (2004), Uganda (2003), and Zambia (2006).

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2023 Copenhagen Arbitration Day Recap: The Future of Arbitration

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of the 2006 amendments to the UNCITRAL Model Law as regards interim measures. His other suggestions included giving the Maritime and Commercial High Court jurisdiction for invalidity questions, and applying option 1 of Article 7 of the 2006 amendments so that it is clear that an arbitration agreement shall be in writing.

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Arbitration Revolution: Decoding Pakistan’s Draft Bill on Arbitration Act 2024

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The Draft Law is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985, as amended in 2006 (“ UNCITRAL Model Law ”). These changes are indeed positive because they increase the independence and cost-efficiency of the arbitration process. 12 and 13).