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May 2020

The APPG held its first ever online evidence session, “Land-use assembly, planning, compensation and ADR: lessons learned and next steps”. A full recording of the session can be accessed here, and the presentation slides here.

October 2019

The APPG held its AGM in Parliament to confirm its officers and fulfil its reporting requirements.

August 2019

John Howell MP and John Spellar MP (accompanied by CIArb Director General Anthony Abrahams, Head of Policy Lewis Johnston and Regional Director Camilla Godman) led an APPG for ADR fact-finding trip to Singapore to understand how ADR operates there and how Singapore has established itself as a global disputes hub. An initial write-up from this trip is available here. 

Highlights from the fact-finding trip include:

• meeting with the Attorney-General Lucien Wong
• meeting with Chief Justice (and former CIArb Patron) Sundaresh Menon
• meeting with Senior Minister of Law Edwin Tong
• meeting with Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Lim Biow Chuan
• meeting with British High Commissioner Kara Owen
• meeting with the Chief Executive of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Seok Hui Lim
• meeting with the Chairman of the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) George Lim
• a high-level business roundtable with key executives and PWC

A report from this trip is expected shortly, and will be launched in the UK Parliament in the new year.

June 2019

The APPG held an evidence session in Parliament on the topic of ‘how can government make more use of Conflict Avoidance Boards (CABs)?’. A write-up from the session and a link to the photograph album is available here. The minutes are available to download here.

MPs and Lords took evidence from:

• Ed Spencer (Director and Head of Client Service, Arcadis)
• Christopher Miers (Managing Director, Probyn Miers)
• Les Mosco (independent consultant and Executive Director, former Commercial Director of the Ministry of Defence)
• Wolf von Kumberg (ArbDB Member and Bird & Bird Consulting Counsel, former Legal Director of Northrop Grumman Corporation)

April 2019

The APPG held an evidence session in Parliament on the topic of ‘London’s future as an international dispute resolution hub’. A summary of the session and a link to the photographic album are available here. The minutes are available to download here.

MPs took evidence from:

• Jonathan Wood (Head of International Arbitration at RPC, CIArb Chair of the Board of Trustees)
• Jordan Cummins (CBI Senior Associate—London Policy)
• Paula Hodges QC (Head of Global Arbitration Practice at Herbert Smith Freehills and President of the LCIA Court)
• Lucy Greenwood (independent arbitrator and CIArb Trustee)
• Audley Sheppard QC (LCIA Board Chair, Global Co-Head of International Arbitration at Clifford Chance)

Upcoming event and projects

The APPG is planning a further evidence session for later this year, with details to be released shortly. 

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for future APPG sessions, please contact policy@ciarb.org.