arbitration costs Archives

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

LIDW 2026 | The Great Costs Debate: Arbitration, Litigation and the Search for Proportionality

Can arbitration deliver better value than litigation? At LIDW 2026, leading practitioners debated proportionality, cost recovery, case management and procedural innovations, concluding that efficient dispute resolution depends less on the forum chosen and more on the decisions made by clients, counsel, tribunals and institutions.

Reimagining Arbitration Three Bold Ideas

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

Hold Counsels Accountable, Study How Arbitrators Think, and Run Every Case Through AI First: Three Bold Ideas From LIDW26

At International Arbitration Day at LIDW26, leading arbitration practitioners proposed three bold reforms for the future of dispute resolution: institutional sanctions against counsel misconduct, scientific analysis of persuasion and decision-making, and mandatory AI-assisted case assessments before arbitration.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC upholds costs awarded by Arbitrator in conformity with the cost regime under Section 31(A) of Arbitration Act

Bombay High Court viewed that while awarding costs, the Tribunal considered the conduct of parties including the petitioner and, in such circumstances, held it fair and appropriate for the claimant to make a fulsome recovery of its costs.

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Saving Arbitration from Arbitration Costs: The Case of Arbitrators’ Fees

by Anhad S. Miglani & Shaurya Punj*

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Arbitration cost’s going the litigation way — Is third party funding of arbitrations the way forward in India to curtail huge arbitration costs

by M. Rishi Kumar Dugar*