Gourab Banerji SA discussed “Recent Developments in the Enforcement of New York Convention Awards in India” with Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee, and retraced the history of enforcement of New York Convention awards in India before turning to the recent Indian Supreme Court judgments in Vijay Karia & Ors. v. Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi S.r.I. (2020) and National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) v. Alimenta S.A. (2020). The recording is available here. For a write-up of this webinar, see Sahil Tagotra & Ishita Mishra, “Recent Developments in the Enforcement of New York Convention Awards in India” (Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 6 July 2020). Gourab Banerji was tagged by Sir Bernard Eder; he in turn tagged Funke Adekoya SAN. This episode was also supported by Young … Read More
TagTime S01 E04 – Meg Kinnear on “Tracking the Evolution of the ICSID Rules”
Meg Kinnear discussed “Tracking the Evolution of the ICSID Rules” with Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. The recording is available here. Meg Kinnear tagged Dr Yas Banifatemi. This episode was also supported by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Meg Kinnear is a Vice President of the World Bank Group and the Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Ms. Kinnear was formerly the Senior General Counsel and Director General of the Trade Law Bureau of Canada. In November 2002, Ms. Kinnear was also named Chair of the Negotiating Group on Dispute Settlement for the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement. From October 1996 to April 1999, Ms. Kinnear was Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Justice … Read More
TagTime S01 E03 – Sir Bernard Eder on “Issue Estoppel under the New York Convention”
Sir Bernard Eder discussed “Issue Estoppel under the New York Convention”, with Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. The recording is available here. He was tagged by Professors Doug Jones AO and Janet Walker; he in turn tagged Gourab Banerji SA. Sir Bernard Eder is an international arbitrator/mediator based at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. He previously practised as a barrister at Essex Court Chambers for almost 35 years – between 1976 and 2010 – specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991. During his practice at the English Bar, he acted as Counsel in over 100 reported cases (including in the Commercial Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the Privy Council) and over 200 … Read More
TagTime S01 E02 – Profs. Doug Jones AO and Janet Walker on “PO1 – The beginning or the end?”
Prof. Doug Jones AO and Prof. Janet Walker discussed what comes after Procedural Order No. 1, i.e. “PO1 – The beginning or the end?”, with Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. The recording is available here. They were tagged by Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS; they in turn tagged Sir Bernard Eder. Prof. Doug Jones AO is a leading independent international commercial and investor-state arbitrator with over 40 years’ prior experience as an international transactional and disputes project lawyer. Doug is a door tenant at Atkin Chambers London, an arbitrator member at Arbitration Place in Toronto, and has an office in Sydney. Doug is also an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). He has been involved in over 120 arbitrations spanning … Read More
TagTime S01 E01 – Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS on “Procedural Order No. 1”
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS discussed his approach to Procedural Order No. 1, with Amanda Lee and Hafez Virjee. The recording is available here. He tagged Professors Doug Jones AO and Janet Walker. Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS is a member of the Delos Board of Advisors. He has been a full-time practising arbitrator since 1995. He has been involved in several hundred arbitrations as arbitrator. Called to the Bar of England in 1965, Mr. Kaplan has practiced as a barrister, Principal Crown Counsel at the Hong Kong Attorney General’s Chambers, and served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in charge of the Arbitration List. He was Chair of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) for 13 years and President of the Chartered … Read More
In conversation with Neil – Prof. William W. Park
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS and Chiann Bao hosted Prof. William W. Park. The recording is available here. Prof. William W. Park is a Professor of Law at Boston University and teaches in the areas of tax, finance and conflict of laws. After studies at Yale and Columbia, Prof. Park practiced in Paris and Geneva until returning home to direct the University’s Center for Banking Law Studies. William Park is General Editor of Arbitration International and former President of the London Court of International Arbitration. Visiting academic appointments include the universities of Auckland, Cambridge, Dijon, Geneva and Hong Kong. Park served on the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Swiss Bank Accounts and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, as well as the Panel … Read More
In conversation with Neil – The Hon. Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS and Chiann Bao hosted The Hon. Yves Fortier. The recording is available here. The Honourable L Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC is a graduate of Université de Montréal, McGill University and Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). He became a member of the Quebec Bar in 1961 and joined the firm of Ogilvy Renault in Montreal where he practiced as a trial lawyer before all courts in Canada, arbitral tribunals and as counsel for Canada, before the International Court of Justice. Mr. Fortier was Chairman of the firm (now Norton Rose Fulbright) until 2011 when he left to found his own boutique, Cabinet Yves Fortier, where he practices today as mediator and arbitrator. Yves is a past President of the Canadian Bar … Read More
In conversation with Neil – Robert Spano
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS and Chiann Bao hosted Robert Spano. The recording is available here. Robert Spano is the President of the European Court of Human Rights. He has authored numerous papers and publications on the topics of human rights law, constitutional law, the interpretation of statutes, the evolution of the Convention system, and criminal procedure. He is often described as an expert on the interplay between the internet and human rights. Having obtained a degree in Law from the University of Iceland in 1997, Robert Spano worked as a Deputy District Court Judge and Legal Adviser to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. In 2000, he graduated from the University of Oxford with distinction in European and Comparative law and two academic awards for his achievements. … Read More
In conversation with Neil – Rod Bundy
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS and Chiann Bao hosted Rod Bundy. The recording is available here. Rod Bundy is a senior partner at global law firm Eversheds, based out of their Singapore office. Mr. Bundy specializes in public international law, international investment arbitration, commercial arbitration and upstream oil and gas matters. Consistently ranked in the top band of public international law specialists by Chambers and Legal 500, Mr. Bundy has appeared in numerous cases before the International Court of Justice (including as counsel for Singapore in the Pedra Branca case and Cambodia in the Temple of Preah Vihear case), the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ICSID tribunals and State-to-State and commercial arbitral panels. He lectured for twenty … Read More
In conversation with Neil – J. Christopher Thomas QC
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS and Chiann Bao hosted J. Christopher Thomas QC. The recording is available here. J. Christopher Thomas QC practices in the field of international trade and commercial law with an emphasis on trade and investment regulation and dispute settlement. After six years at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for International Law, he returned to Vancouver where he continues to practice as an international arbitrator. He has been counsel in many international disputes, in domestic administrative law procedures (anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases), and in contentious proceedings before the superior courts of Canada. From March 1993 until June 2008, he ran the law firm of Thomas & Partners. Since that time, he has been a sole practitioner, acting primarily as an arbitrator … Read More