International arbitration

AI arbitrator New York Convention enforcement
Events & CollaborationsICA Conference

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.

force majeure geopolitical risk arbitration Geopolitical Disputes
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

A sanctions designation in Washington can simultaneously trigger a force majeure notice in Singapore, a MAC dispute in London and a valuation fight in a treaty arbitration. Five practitioners at LIDW 2026 examined each front, and found the same issue at the centre of every one: causation.

mediation vs arbitration commercial disputes
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

India’s mediation tradition predates its legislation by millennia. England’s mediation culture was built by judicial pressure and adverse costs. At LIDW 2026, practitioners from both jurisdictions found more agreement than disagreement and a shared frustration with what arbitration has become.

AI future international dispute resolution
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

Reflecting on nearly five decades in the legal profession, from manual typewriters to AI, Sir Geoffrey warned that the competition to develop national AI capabilities is simultaneously a competition to preserve the influence of established legal systems, and that courts which resist this reality risk making themselves irrelevant.

arbitration costs proportionality
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

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.

geopolitical risks international arbitration
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

At LIDW26, Mr. Sean West examined how geopolitical fragmentation, legal uncertainty and rapid advances in artificial intelligence are creating an increasingly “unruly” world and reshaping the future of international dispute resolution.

Due Process Challenges and Public Policy Review in Indian Arbitration
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

The distinction drawn at LIDW26 between due process challenges and public policy review finds a close parallel in Indian arbitration jurisprudence, where courts examine procedural fairness and public policy concerns through separate legal lenses.

AI in Arbitration LIDW 2026 (2)
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

From privilege and disclosure risks to AI-assisted arbitrators and the future of legal practice, the second half of this LIDW 2026 discussion explores the governance challenges that will shape the next chapter of international arbitration.

AI in Arbitration LIDW 2026
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

From fabricated citations to autonomous AI agents, the arbitration community is confronting a new reality. At LIDW 2026, experts debated whether AI is a revolutionary tool for dispute resolution or a risk that demands greater human oversight.

Energy Arbitrations
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

At LIDW 2026, as part of International Arbitration Day discussions, an expert panel gathered to discuss energy disruptions, rising climate obligations, emerging arbitrations, shifting state priorities, and much more.

Reimagining Arbitration Three Bold Ideas
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

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.

Due Process Challenges in Arbitration
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

At International Arbitration Day during LIDW26, leading practitioners, academics and judges examined due process challenges in arbitration, discussing public policy review, the Semenya litigation, corruption-based challenges, AI-assisted decision-making, expert evidence and judicial scrutiny of arbitral awards.

Lord Neuberger LIDW26 Keynote
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

At LIDW 2026, Lord Neuberger praised international arbitration as one of modern dispute resolution’s great success stories, while warning that cost, delay, transparency and corruption must now be confronted if arbitration is to retain its legitimacy.

ICA Conference Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes 2026
Events & Collaborations

The Indian Council of Arbitration is holding its 4th International Conference on Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes on 5 June 2026 at Church House, Westminster, London. The Conference will be inaugurated by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, with keynote addresses by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and the Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos.

Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026 brought together leading practitioners, arbitrators, and policymakers to debate AI governance, geopolitical concerns, sanction constraints, investor-state arbitration, unsettled legal doctrines, and much more. Here are the key takeaways.

force majeure geopolitics sanctions renewable energy arbitration
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & Collaborations

In the last panel of the event titled “Hot Topics in Arbitration”, the panellists examined how recent global developments were reshaping arbitral practice and creating new procedural and substantive challenges for parties, arbitrators, and institutions alike.

AI governance arbitration professional obligations critical thinking
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & Collaborations

The discussion on AI moved from the identification of risks to their practical management, focusing on governance structures, professional obligations, and the preservation of independent judgment in AI-assisted arbitration practice.

Achmea spillover EU acquis arbitration
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & Collaborations

The evolving friction between EU law and international arbitration formed the core of discussions during the second session of Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026, with experts analysing the aftermath of Achmea, challenges to arbitral enforcement, and the increasing assertion of sovereignty and public policy concerns across jurisdictions.

res judicata precedent international arbitration
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & Collaborations

In this second part of the Panel 1 titled “Unsettled Legal Doctrines”, Mr. Christodoulos Christodoulou and Mr. Kyriakos Pittas delved into the applicability and relevance of the legal doctrines of precedent and res judicata in international arbitration.

Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026
Cyprus Arbitration DayEvents & Collaborations

Day 2 of Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026 saw Kevin Nash urge arbitral institutions to move from case count to credibility, emphasising that their legitimacy now rests on trust, fairness, innovation, and principled design in an arbitration landscape shaped by sanctions, AI, and evolving user expectations.