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Expedited Procedures are particularly useful for lower value and less complex arbitrations to help parties to save time and costs. However due process needs to be adhered to, even as timelines are shortened and certain arbitration procedures or stages are modified or truncated.

Join SIAC and Madrid International Arbitration Centre (MIAC) for a joint webinar on the considerations, strategies and techniques for approaching expedited procedures in arbitration.

The webinar will begin with a virtual signing ceremony of an MOU between SIAC and MIAC for cooperation to promote international arbitration as a preferred method of dispute resolution for resolving international disputes.

Within a relatively short span of time, Singapore has cemented its position as a popular and leading arbitration jurisdiction.

The Law and Theory of International Commercial Arbitration in Singapore marks the coming of age of international commercial arbitration in Singapore and is the first comprehensive textbook of its kind on the subject.

Whilst a core function of this book is to provide an overview of current legal principles of international commercial arbitration under Singapore law, the book critically examines key legal principles and questions underlying assumptions.

The in-depth practical and theoretical discourse on a comprehensive range of topics will, it is hoped, be valuable to practitioners, academics and students.

The Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw), China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO) will be co-hosting the 2nd Singapore-China International Commercial Dispute Resolution Conference online on 7 April 2022 from 9am to 5:30pm (GMT+8).

This is the second edition of the inaugural conference held in Beijing in 2019, which saw over 300 judges, government officials, legal and dispute resolution practitioners, in-house counsel, business executives, and academics participating in-person, and close to 400,000 participating online.

The theme of this year’s conference is the “development and future of international commercial dispute resolution.” Through a series of speeches and panel discussions, the conference seeks to examine the latest developments in arbitration, mediation, litigation, as well as how they are expected to evolve over the next few years. The conference will also explore how Singapore and China can work together in helping businesses resolve disputes more fairly, efficiently, and cost-effectively to promote cross-border commerce, investment, and economic cooperation.

Called to the Singapore Bar in 1989, Tat is a Senior Weinstein Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators. He is the founding partner of a law practice and a founding member of an international mediation practice.

SIAC and the centre for International Law, NUS, are pleased to present the SIAC-CIL Academic-Practitioner Colloquium.

Maxwell Conversations features leading personalities at the top of the international dispute resolution industry. These events seek to challenge assumptions with a deeper examination of the issues.

Res judicata is one of the most complex topics in international arbitration. The purpose of this webinar is to review all the major issues that it raises, many of which do not receive a unanimous answe

Maxwell Conversations is led by top individuals in the legal industry, known for their excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). These events seek to challenge assumptions with a deeper examination of the issues.

In the absence of the parties’ express choice of law for their arbitration agreement and any default choice provided by the applicable legislative or institutional rules, courts worldwide remain divided between the law governing the contract and the law of arbitral seat.

For the first series of Maxwell Conversations, Maxwell Chambers has partnered with Lawrence Teh, a Senior Partner and Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice at Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore,

The lecture touched on the impact of domain name arbitration and the developments in this area of arbitration. The Hon Neil Brown delved into some unique examples present in the dispute resolution process and how this system has been adopted in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) landscape.

About the speaker: The Hon Neil Brown QC is a Queens Counsel in Melbourne, Australia and has had a long and distinguished career in government and the law since 1964. He was a Minister in the Federal Government in Australia in charge of portfolios in the Attorney-General’s Communications and Employment and Youth Affairs.

In the legal industry, he has appeared in every jurisdiction in Australia and has had experience in commercial, intellectual property, town planning and taxation matters. He is a qualified arbitrator and mediator practicing in international and domestic matters in the commercial, communication, intellectual property and governmental fields. He is also a leading arbitrator and adviser on internet domain name disputes. Mr. Brown is also the President of the Australian Institute for Commercial Arbitration and the founder and editor of www.domaintimes.info.

This lecture explores the question of whether there are universally accepted principles of construction law, a lex constructionis, or whether it is trumped in every jurisdiction by local laws that differ from international norms.