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The risk and rewards of arbitration’s digital frontier
At this year’s online Institute for Transnational Arbitration Workshop, keynote speaker Justin D’Agostino and subsequent panelists considered the implications of arbitration’s rapid digitalisation and reflected on the future that may await us after the pandemic. Madeline Snider of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York reports.
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11/08/2020 15:13
https://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/1229414/the-risk-and-rewards-of-arbitration%E2%80%99s-digital-frontier
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Effectiveness versus efficiency of virtual arbitration hearings
Arbitration hearings have, many would argue, been made more efficient thanks to the technological tools made available. The question however arises, when it comes to examining a witness, is a virtual hearing, although efficient, as effective as a physical one?
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11/08/2020 15:05
https://bsabh.com/virtual-hearings-in-arbitration-are-they-as-effective-as-they-are-efficient/
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Top tips - Dubai: What is the best way to present your case using the technology available during this time of global pandemic?
Most of us are still working from home regularly as part of the aftermath of the Covid-19 restrictions and as a result, remote hearings have become a way of life for now at least. Following on from our article on Covid-19 and the use of remote hearings in Dubai this article sets out below some practical tips to ensure the efficient conduct of remote hearings.
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07/08/2020 10:05
https://www.trowers.com/insights/2020/august/top-tips---dubai-what-is-the-best-way-to-present-your-case-using-the-technology-available
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Personal Takeaway from the Warzone: Organizing, Preparing and Attending a Two-Week Virtual Hearing
Virtual hearings are not a new idea. The arbitration community only started to seriously discuss the benefits and the logistics of having virtual hearings in lieu of physical hearings when the world was put on pause by COVID-19 in around February 2020. It is not easy to organize a virtual hearing, let alone all the substantive issues that legal representatives have to deal with at the same time. Reflecting on my recent experience as part of the counsel team in a two-week evidentiary hearing involving 11 factual and expert witnesses across eight cities (Hong Kong, Seoul, Nanjing, Singapore, Cayman Islands, San Francisco, San Diego and Wilmington), this article can hopefully answer some of the concerns surrounding the conduct and organization of virtual hearings.
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07/08/2020 09:53
http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/08/02/personal-takeaway-from-the-warzone-organizing-preparing-and-attending-a-two-week-virtual-hearing/?doing_wp_cron=1596793849.4142270088195800781250
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i-witness testimony: handling witness interviews in a digital age
In these troubling times, there is some good news for arbitration practitioners: according to its annual report, the International Court of Arbitration has experienced its second highest caseload of newly registered cases in 2019, with 869 new cases filed in a record breaking 147 countries and independent territories worldwide. Maintaining this growth is no mean feat, especially in an era where (on occasion) we have all known defeat at the hands of the mute button. Since COVID-19, the bulk of the work that would have previously taken place in the office or the client’s place of business must for now take place remotely. One area of interest is the emerging etiquette on handling witnesses in the course of proceedings.
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07/08/2020 09:52
http://arbitrationblog.practicallaw.com/i-witness-testimony-handling-witness-interviews-in-a-digital-age/
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Event: Virtual arbitrations: How new is the new normal?
Are virtual arbitrations really all that new? In this presentation in the form of a Q & A, Neil Kaplan will discuss virtual arbitrations pre-Covid-19 – for example during SARS, how the number of arbitrations conducted virtually has increased and a ways to ensure procedural fairness, including some novel means such as shorter hearing days and asynchronous proceedings.
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06/08/2020 16:00
https://www.resolution.institute/events/event/cpd-event-vic-virtual-arbitrations-how-new-is-the-new-normal
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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Future Of Arbitration
Mealey’s International Arbitration Report recently asked industry experts and leaders for their thoughts on what area of the world they expect to become a hot seat for future arbitration.
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06/08/2020 12:30
https://www.constructlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/766/2020/07/Mealey_July_2020_IA_Experts_Discuss-Future-of-Arbitration_BatesA.pdf
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Doing justice in the face of a global pandemic
In this issue of Arbitrators’ Corner, C. Mark Baker, global co-head of international arbitration at Norton Rose Fulbright, offers his insights based on decades of practice as both counsel and arbitrator on the impact of COVID-19 on international arbitration and how the practice of arbitration is adapting in the face of these challenging circumstances.
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06/08/2020 10:00
https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/7871468e/arbitrators-corner
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Webinar: The Art and Science of a Virtual Hearing
Covid-19 has heightened interest in virtual hearings as tribunals and parties work to advance their cases while protecting the health of all participants. This webinar held on May 4, 2020, aimed to provide practical insight and guidance from the perspective of arbitrators, counsel and the secretariat who participated in a recent three-day virtual hearing.
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04/08/2020 13:51
https://icsid.worldbank.org/resources/multimedia/webinar-art-and-science-virtual-hearing
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Austria: Arbitration In Times Of Covid-19: An Austrian Perspective
The following will address the impact and challenges posed by COVID-19 to those engaging in arbitration. It will touch upon the provisions adopted by the Austrian judicial system as well as outline the methods and possible solutions for conducting arbitration hearings in context of Covid-19.
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04/08/2020 13:50
https://www.mondaq.com/austria/arbitration-dispute-resolution/972894/arbitration-in-times-of-covid-19-an-austrian-perspective