Arbitration Reform in India: A Look at the Hong Kong Model
Introduction he Indian Government (“Government”) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has embarked on a mission to significantly enhance foreign investment in India and to greatly improve the ease of doing business in the country. To this end, the Government has promised judicial reforms and is considering amendments to India’s arbitration legislation. If the Government is keen on transforming India …
The Proposal for a Reformed Merit Hearing Approach in International Arbitration
Introduction ike many other people, I love merit hearings in international arbitration. At a hearing, the case becomes alive and people who only talked on paper before begin to talk with different voices, various expressions, languages and tones. The stories told by the parties for months or even years, all of a sudden, become so real, vivid, touching and, above …
Mediation and Arbitration: Who Should be Doing What
Arbitration in Thailand 2015; the Thai Arbitration Institute
The escalation in new claims over the years of 1997 and 1998 coincides with the Asian Financial Crisis. The climate of business uncertainty led to a proliferation of breached commercial obligations, in turn resulting in a sharp increase in disputes requiring formal judicial adjudication.[29] The unprecedented rate of litigation is said to have almost ‘destroyed the floodgate’ of litigation,[30] leading …