Publications

In May 2023, Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city and the capital of the province of Punjab, hosted a two-day international conference co-organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Pakistan Branch. Under the motto Review, Reflect and Revive, Pakistan International Disputes Weekend 2023 (PIDW 2023) aimed to address the issue of more…

Meaning

Consumer law also known as consumer protection law, refers to the body of legal principles, rules, and regulations that protect the rights and interests of consumers in their interactions with businesses and suppliers. It encompasses a set of laws and regulations designed to ensure fair and ethical…

Tulip Trading Limited v Bitcoin Association & Others: What Duties for Blockchain Platforms and Core Developers?

The commencement of the war in Ukraine triggered the imposition of unprecedented sanctions affecting almost all sectors of the Russian economy. Many foreign companies operating in Russia ceased or temporarily put on hold their business activities. In response, the Russian government adopted several retaliatory measures.

This post offers an overview…

Balancing the Protection of Foreign Investors and States Responses in the Post-Pandemic World is a crucial and well-timed book penned by top professionals in the field who offer a detailed investigation of the measures that States have taken, or have failed to take, to deal with the pandemic’s ramifications and whether…

Escalating costs, protracted processes and lack of a clear appellate mechanism are routinely reported as cause for party complaints about commercial arbitration. Meanwhile, one of arbitration’s greatest benefits is parties’ ability to consider who will serve as the decision maker for their dispute. The latter benefit – selecting the right…

The missing link between good intentions and actual appointments of diverse arbitrators is the kind of information counsel and parties consider most crucial—objective feedback and data from parties and counsel regarding the arbitrators’ past rulings and decision-making. This information is what propels arbitrators off a short list and onto a…

Abstract This paper is a comparative study between the Romanian legislation and the UNCITRAL Model Law. Its main goal is to identify the similarities and differences between the law applicable in Romania and the soft law instrument mentioned above, with respect to the role of domestic courts in the arbitral…

Traditionally, one of the central pillars of the FET standard has been the protection of legitimate expectations. Legitimate expectations can be either based on a host state’s specific representations provided to the investor, or, under certain conditions, such expectation can be based on the regulatory framework that existed at the…

Q2 2019: missed the key litigation news of the last quarter?  Fear not as all you need to know is here, from jurisdiction to service, as massive class actions and parental liability suits stand pending in the English Courts, UWOs turn out to have multiple use cases and arbitration awards