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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

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The Factual Background The dispute arose between a film company and their insurer who had issued a policy in connection with filming. Following an accident whilst filming, the film company submitted a claim under the insurance policy, which the insurer declined. The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.

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CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress XI Edition: The Highlights You Don’t Want to Miss (ctd.)

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Niamh Leinwather , discussed the media’s influence on arbitration. The discussion of the panel was focused on the media’s influence on arbitration. Mr. Bichara shared his insights on the media’s influence based on his experience in sports arbitration. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd (see here ). Rekha Rangachari , Ms.

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CBAr 23rd International Arbitration Conference: Contractual Incompleteness and the Limits of Consent

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Francisco Paulo De Crescenzo Marino discussed the effectiveness of arbitration clauses against third parties in infrastructure disputes, focusing on subcontractors, insurers, and financiers which he identified as the main characters on the disputes of this nature.

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Australian Arbitration Week Recap: Hot Cakes & Hot Takes—Trends and Developments in Asia’s Energy Sector

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Finally, the use of legal finance as an insurance policy to protect against adverse cost exposure is becoming more normalised. Just as arbitration has developed a reputation of being ‘business friendly,’ companies in Singapore and Hong Kong are increasingly seeing litigation funding in the same light.

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Keeping Up Appearances: Apparent Arbitrator Bias and the Requirements of Disclosure Examined by the English Commercial Court

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More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190 68 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “ Arbitration Act “).

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2023 in Review: U.S. Courts Wrestle with New Issues and Refine Old Doctrine

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2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.

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Atlanta International Arbitration Society’s (AtlAS) 12th Annual Conference

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Session 2 The next two tertulias centered around specific practice areas, covering developments in insurance arbitration or construction. and Bermuda to arbitration over insurance matters. The first tertulia discussed the recent resistance of the U.S.,

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