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At the ICA Conference in London, Deputy High Commissioner Kartik Pande underscored the importance of arbitration and ADR in supporting the growing India—UK economic partnership and fostering commercial confidence in cross-border trade and investment.
In 1774, Lord Mansfield observed that ‘in all mercantile transactions the great object should be certainty.’ Two hundred and fifty years later, Arun Chawla, Director General of ICA, used that same principle to frame the case for arbitration as the silent infrastructure of globalisation and for the India-UK economic partnership’s dependence on credible dispute resolution institutions.
If the AI systems driving arbitral decisions are trained on materials from other jurisdictions, the awards they generate may be unenforceable or worse, systematically biased. Sir Geoffrey Vos used his keynote at the ICA’s 4th Indo-UK Commercial Disputes Conference to draw a line between AI in arbitration, where party consent makes adoption feasible, and AI in courts, where constitutional legitimacy makes it impossible.
The 4th Edition of Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026 will bring together leading global practitioners, arbitrators, and policymakers to deliberate on emerging trends in commercial and investment arbitration, enforcement of arbitral awards, and technology-driven developments in dispute resolution.
India International Disputes Week 2026 dove deep into various aspects of commercial disputes ranging from cross border trade to investment disputes, from infrastructure arbitrations to ESG compliances, and from commercial AI to data breaches.
Day 2 underscored IIDW’s theme that resolving family and criminal disputes demands dissolving borders through collaboration, reform and mutual trust, positioning India as a dispute resolution hub.
India International Disputes Week 2026 explored India’s growing influence in the global legal order, with discussions on constitutional jurisprudence, arbitration law, international criminal justice, and cross-border dispute resolution.
Day 1 of India International Disputes Week 2026, commenced in Chandigarh with the launch of the Chandigarh International Arbitration Centre (CIAC), an initiative of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, marking an important institutional development in India’s dispute resolution ecosystem.
Day 1 of the 4th IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium explored key issues shaping India’s legal landscape, including the rule of law, judicial independence, access to justice, and cross-border dispute resolution.