Ciarb’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2022 were approved by members at the Annual General Meeting on 14 September 2023.

Kim Franklin KC C.Arb FCIArb shares her thoughts on diversity in construction adjudication in the UK and recommendations on how we can work to achieve greater diversity in the sector.

Claire Morel de Westgaver, partner at BCLP and chair of Ciarb’s Technology and ADR Thought Leadership Group, and Siobhan Abraham, associate at BCLP share insights on the use of AI in international arbitration.

US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rules that domestic grounds for vacating arbitration awards apply to international arbitration awards rendered in the US

Insights from Kathryn Britten, Co-Founder of Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE).

The dispute landscape has changed significantly since the millennium. Post-COVID, further changes have been signalled within the UK. Following a consultation launched last year by the Ministry of Justice, the Government has committed to fully integrate mediation as a key step in the court process for small civil claims valued up to £10,000 (25 July 2023). The Law Commission published its final report on the review of the Arbitration Act 1996 (5 September 2023) following two consultations. Further, the UK has become a signatory of the Singapore Convention on Mediation (3 May 2023).