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The spiralling cost of conducting international arbitrations has been extensively debated in recent years. Most of the cost of pursuing or defending an international arbitration is attributable to the cost of legal representation. In this article the author considers the use of alternative fee arrangements in international arbitration.The author discusses…

Abstract

The growth of international commercial arbitration in recent years has contributed to a number of perceived problems within the system, in particular, the increasing ‘judicialisation’ of commercial arbitration and an attendant increase in costs. End-users appear to be dissatisfied with a process that, while it still delivers binding awards…

On its face, bifurcating the proceedings is usually an attractive proposition. It ought to make sense in most proceedings to hive off certain discrete issues for early determination by the tribunal in the hope of streamlining the process or, possibly, eliminating the arbitration entirely. The generally accepted view is that…

Where is everyone going with online dispute resolution ("ODR") was a question I tried to answer ten years ago, and my question today is where do we stand? In the paper I published on this subject, I reported about some of the main works led by different groups as well…