The Roebuck Lecture titled 'Revisiting the Paradox of Trust: Disclosure and the Changing Dynamics of Impartiality in International Arbitration ' will be delivered by Dr Crina Baltag FCIArb.
This lecture will revisit the enduring paradox at the heart of international arbitration: that mechanisms designed to secure trust - particularly disclosure - may simultaneously generate doubt. It will examine how the duty of disclosure, incumbent on both arbitrators and parties, has expanded in scope and intensity, reshaping expectations of impartiality.
Crina will give particular attention to how the growing availability and visibility of data around arbitrators and parties heightens scrutiny and blurs the boundaries of what ought to be disclosed. The lecture will argue that impartiality is increasingly a dynamic construct, emerging from evolving practices of transparency and the reciprocal obligations of participants in the arbitral process. In this context, it remains central to the legitimacy of arbitration.
Discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Kevin Nash, Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
Limited in-person tickets are available for the Lecture. Tickets must be purchased to attend in person - £15 for Ciarb members and £50 for non-members.
If you purchase a ticket to attend in person you will also have access to the live-streamed event at no additional cost.
Virtual registration is FREE and discounted rates available for Ciarb Members!
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Dr. Crina Baltag FCIArb
Dr. Crina Baltag FCIArb is a globally recognised arbitration and dispute resolution practitioner. She is an international arbitrator, attorney-at-law, and academic with over 20 years of experience in international dispute resolution, private international law, and public international law. She is a member of the Romanian and Bucharest Bar, Associate Professor in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London, and a member of Arbitra.
Crina has been appointed as presiding, sole, and co-arbitrator in numerous arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Dubai International Arbitration Centre, and Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada, as well as in ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She conducts proceedings in English, Portuguese and Romanian.
She has acted as expert and counsel in a wide range of international commercial and investment arbitrations, including proceedings before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and under UNCITRAL rules. Her counsel experience focuses on complex disputes in construction, energy and natural resources, financial transactions, intellectual property, and foreign investment.
Crina is Vice Chair of the Board of the SCC Arbitration Institute, a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, and Director of Ciarb’s Global Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. She is also Managing Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Blog and serves on the editorial boards of leading journals and book series in the field.
Moderator
Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash is the Director General of the London Court of Inte
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national Arbitration (LCIA). The Director General fulfils the role of Chief Executive Officer, with day-to-day responsibility for the conduct of the business of the LCIA, serves as the principal point of contact between the institution and its Board and Court, and represents the LCIA on the international stage.
Kevin joined the LCIA after 13 years in Singapore where he served as the Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). In this capacity, Kevin led the 25-member Secretariat in the administration of thousands of international cases under all versions of the SIAC Rules and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. As Registrar, Kevin advised the President and the SIAC Court of Arbitration, and took decisions on, procedural applications under the SIAC Rules, the appointment of arbitrators, and he was responsible for the review and approval of all awards issued in SIAC arbitrations. Kevin also led the drafting on the SIAC Rules 2016, SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017, and SIAC Rules 2025.
Recognised for being ‘in a league of his own’ who ‘knows everything there is to know about international arbitration’ Kevin is listed by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader and a National Leader for Singapore and the United Kingdom. Peers and clients have described him as a ‘rock star of arbitration’ who is ‘smart and practical’ and ‘willing to get his hands dirty and do the hard work’.
Kevin is an active participant at UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) and UNCITRAL Working Group III (ISDS) and frequently speaks, lectures and conducts training on contemporary issues in arbitration.
Kevin holds a BA from Mount Allison University and a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School. He worked at one of Canada’s prominent ‘Seven Sister’ law firms and then went on to study an LLM in International Commercial Arbitration at Stockholm University where he was awarded Outstanding Alumnus in 2023.
Kevin is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Ontario. He speaks English and French.
The Roebuck Lecture, now in its 16th year, is named after Professor Derek Roebuck MCIArb and celebrates the significant contribution he made to Ciarb over the years, principally as Editor of Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management.
This lecture takes place each summer and is one of the highlights of Ciarb's events calendar. Ciarb extends the virtual livestream of this event free of charge to its global audience. Delegates to previous lectures have included, amongst others, practicing lawyers, arbitrators, mediators, barristers, corporate counsel, business professionals, students with interest in ADR and academics from around the world.