The Arbitration Station

In this episode we address two issues that will also be discussed at the 3rd ICC European Conference on International Arbitration on 1 April: sanctions [TIME 12:25] and mandatory rules [TIME 36:53]. T...

12 Mars 20191h 12min

The book club gets a mini-start with Arbitration Without Privity, a classic article by Jan Paulsson [TIME 11:27]. Then, we turn our attention to considerations of proportionality in investment arbitra...

26 Feb 20191h 12min

Back from a one-week hiatus, we take on two substantive topics: sovereign immunity (from enforcement) [TIME 14:39] and tribunals’ powers to reconsider decisions made during the course of the arbitrati...

12 Feb 20191h 18min

In an extra-long episode, we first cover two specific international instruments: CISG [TIME 14:28] and ICSID AF [TIME 33:20] (two acronyms you should know). The primary reason for the movie-length epi...

22 Jan 20191h 28min

Joel convinces Brian that service of notice is a sufficiently sexy topic to deserve a segment of its own [TIME 7:34]. Brian then teaches Joel about the group of companies doctrine, based on a recent c...

8 Jan 20191h 1min

With the discipline one can only acquire in Big Law, one half of the host duo invites two guests for a holiday special. In Brian’s London office, he talks to Gloria Alvarez and Manuel Casas. First, G...

25 Dec 20181h 25min

With no guests to help out, Brian and Joel try to nail jello to the wall by explaining the outlines of a tribunal’s power to draw adverse inferences [13:28]. The second substantive segment is art arbi...

11 Dec 20180s

FINALLY we get a chance to talk to the Wayne Gretzky of arbitration podcasts - Michael McIlwrath. In addition to a long career as a disputes lawyer at a multinational company, Mike keeps busy on sever...

26 Nov 20181h 28min