CIArb in the Press

International companies locked in cross-border disputes are increasingly turning to Sydney to settle legal cases, according to data provided by the country's newly opened international arbitration centre

A key figure in a recent British inquiry into the Iraq War will be speaking at an ADR conference in Sydney this week.

In response to the growing demand for alternative dispute resolution in Latin America, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has joined forces with the General Foundation of the University of Salamanca in Spain......

Scotland: Today is truly a great day in Scots legal and commercial history, the day on which the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 has come into force....

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators is organising seminars in Cork and Galway on the Arbitration Act 2010,...

Scotland: Scottish lawyers are at loggerheads over whether new legislation which aims to reintroduce arbitration to Scotland will succeed....

Scotland: A senior lawyer has called on the Scottish Government to write arbitration clauses into all its new contracts in order to help Scotland......

The Law Society of Scotland welcomes the commencement of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010....

Colm O’Suilleabhain on project risks and the insurances that can be put in place to ease them.All construction projects carry with them inherent risk. Every standard form of contract requires certain types of insurance to be put in place. What... [Read more]

Lagos Baring last minute changes, human rights activist and founder of Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), may be named the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Agbakoba, who is the immediate past... [Read more]

Called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, Miannaya Aja Essien became only the 7th female Nigerian lawyer to take silk when she became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2007. Her path to the Inner Bar began eight years earlier... [Read more]

ustrated at the way in which the NEC contract is promoted as the answer to all construction's ills. Dont get me wrong, it is a good contract but at the end of the day it is virtually impossible to compel... [Read more]

The launch of the Cyprus International Arbitration Centre (CIAC) has been announced recently......

Philip Adams looks at compensation events and the role of the project manager in NEC contracts.I become increasingly frustrated at the way in which the NEC contract is promoted as the answer to all constructions ills. Don’t get me wrong,... [Read more]

Arbitration, seen as a huge growth industry for The Bahamas, has taken a big step forward with an international organization setting up its stall in the islands. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) of London, the leading professional body for... [Read more]

SCL members are invited to attend Clive Freedman's webcast which is part of "The New Age of E-Discovery" summit entitled "E-disclosure in Litigation: Avoid the Pitfalls" taking place online on 27 May 2010. Webcast live date: 27 May 2010Webcast location:... [Read more]

A letter to the Financial Times from CIArb in defence of international arbitration....