Publications
ArbitralWomen members regularly publish articles in highly-regarded legal and ADR journals
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Championing the Junior Arbitration Advocate: What Can Arbitration Learn from Domestic Courts?
Author: Amanda J. Lee | Publish Date: 10 February 2022The counsel of today are the arbitrators of tomorrow. Yet one cannot become a great advocate, or, in due course, a great arbitrator, by watching from the sidelines. Opportunities to address a tribunal or a court are worth their weight in gold, and many young and diverse counsel have earned…
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Tough at the Top - Preserving the UK's Status as an International Dispute Resolution Vanguard
Author: Amanda J. Lee | Publish Date: 08 February 2022The UK enjoys a storied reputation as a global dispute resolution hub, with both its court system and its standing, particularly that of London, as a safe and attractive seat for international arbitrations widely acknowledged and celebrated.
No jurisdiction can afford to rest on its laurels though. Two recent developments…
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Ready for your close up? Arbitrator Intelligence Reports shine a spotlight on decision-making by more than 300 arbitrators
Author: Catherine Rogers | Publish Date: 03 November 2020Judicial analytics have long been used to assist parties to litigation in developing case strategies. Due to the largely confidential nature of commercial arbitration, however, similarly valuable analytics for arbitrators have been largely elusive. Due to its secretive nature, international arbitration is perhaps the only $2 trillion industry that still…
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Young ICCA Interview: Amanda Lee
Author: Amanda Lee | Publish Date: 10 September 2019Interview with Amanda Lee
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Fair Play: Reforming the CAS in the Aftermath of Pechstein
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 30 December 2018Benjamin Franklin reportedly once asked When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? As regards sports, where arbitration is now the most common way of settling disputes, the answer is the 21st century. This can be largely attributed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport… -
Justifiable doubts Arbitrator removal under s.24(1)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1996
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 30 December 2018Justice must not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done . The recent English case of Sierra Fishing Company & Ors v Farran & Ors [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm) illustrates the judicial reasoning applicable to applications to remove an arbitrator under s… -
The Trump Effect on Arbitration
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 15 August 2017In this article, Harald Sippel FCIArb and Amanda Lee FCIArb explore the Trump Effect on Arbitration'. The term Trump Effect originally refers to an alleged increase in school bullying in the USA caused by the rhetoric used by U.S. President Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. Other Trump Effects… -
Never leave an athlete knocking at the gate of the Olympic Village: the CAS ad hoc Division at the Rio Olympics
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 13 March 2017While many advocates of arbitration champion the potential for relatively fast and efficient dispute resolution, speed was, perhaps fittingly, of particular importance when it fell to the Court of Arbitration for Sports ad hoc Division (AHD) to resolve disputes at the Rio Olympics in August 2016. -
Sanctions for misconduct by legal representatives under new LCIA Arbitration Rules
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 03 October 2016The London Court of International Arbitration's ("LCIA") highly anticipated new Arbitration Rules ("the Rules") came into effect on 1 October 2014. The Rules will apply to arbitrations commenced thereafter, save where the parties agree otherwise. -
Exercising an option to arbitrate - avoiding the pitfalls
Author: Amanda Lee FCIArb | Publish Date: 22 June 2016Amanda Lee FCIArb summarises the judgment of the Privy Council in Anzen Limited and others v. Hermes One Limited [2016] on the interpretation of an optional arbitration clause and discusses steps to be taken to avoid potential pitfalls when using optional arbitration clauses.