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Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Celebrating 15 Years!

Kluwer Arbitration

Roger: The idea of the blog began with a series of conversations between Gwen and Roger in the summer of 2008. A huge success in Edinburgh, the Quiz is a mix of serious and not so serious questions to a select panel of arbitration lawyers and with an active participation of the audience with attractive prizes.

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I Know the Witnesses and I Will Believe Them; There is No Need for Cross-Examination: A Rare Example of Arbitrator Bias Before English Courts

Kluwer Arbitration

Trade expertise is to assist in understanding technical evidence, not to provide evidence for a party who has chosen not to participate. Finally, of relevance for the Court was Bubbles & Wine v Lusha [2018] EWCA Civ 468. The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. And despite the reforms aimed at improving accountability, perceptions of corruption in public procurement remained high.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. Hart’s insights strongly resonated with participants from the LAC region, where traditional contracts are often strained by rigid rules. Source: Authors’s elaboration. 4] Bandiera, O., Prat, A., & Valletti, T.

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CJEU’s Decision in International Skating Union v. European Commission: Its Manageable Consequences for International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

This principal violation is that even after iterated amendments of its Eligibility Rules the ISU has gatekeeper power (vis-à-vis other market participants including horizontal ones) to determine who runs sporting events for ice skating. 267 TFEU whereby the CJEU provides authoritative advisory opinions on EU law.

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New York Arbitration Week 2023 Recap – Highlights from the 18th Annual Fordham Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation

Kluwer Arbitration

The discussion highlighted the common ethical standards applicable in Singapore Convention mediations and the differences in approach that might be taken based on the different cultural backgrounds and expectations of the participants. federal court decisions only occurred in 2008 and, even then, was relatively limited in scope.

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Interview with Our Editors: In Conversation with Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll, Co-Director of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Kluwer Arbitration

In 2008, Prof. Today the majority of teams have participated in numerous pre-moots either in person or online. In such cases, it may, on the one hand, not be appropriate to let the supplier participate as a full party in the proceedings, on the other hand, it may make little sense to arbitrate the question of conformity a second time.