Further cementing the cooperation between SIArb and the Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA), the two institutions conducted their first joint programme on International Commercial Arbitration in Tokyo on 20 and 21 May 2019. SIArb was represented by President Dinesh Dhillon and Immediate Past President Chan Leng Sun, SC. Yoshimata Furuta and Yoshihiro Takatori kindly contributed their time…

The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators’ annual and signature International Entry Course (IEC) is a comprehensive and substantial programme which consists of 4 modules and a Written Examination. These 4 modules cover the key aspects and fundamental concepts of arbitration; the differences between arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution; the differences between institutional and ad hoc arbitrations; the laws and rules applicable to an arbitration; the arbitration agreement; appointment of the arbitral tribunal; the jurisdiction, powers, rights and duties of the tribunal; challenges to the tribunal; the arbitration process and procedure; the award and its recognition and enforcement. Each module is taught by way of a lecture, followed by…

SIArb is privileged to welcome back Professor Lucy Reed, who was on an esteemed panel of speakers at the Institute’s “Party-Representative Ethics: Time to move the Needle?” session in January, where she had shared some thought provoking views on what arbitral tribunals could do to set the tone of the proceedings and deal with complaints on counsel misconduct and disruptive or inappropriate behaviour.
Prof Reed, as Director of the NUS Centre for International Law and Professor at the NUS Law Faculty, and a former Vice President of SIAC and ICCA, brings with her decades of both practical and academic experience. At this latest seminar, she gave a light-hearted lecture of the differences one would find with the “Art” versus the “Science” in the decision making process, and finding the balance between them.