Presently, Singapore and Hong Kong law prohibits lawyers from entering into outcome-related fee arrangements with their clients because of the common law rule against maintenance and champerty. The traditional rationale for...more
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- While every arbitration is different, a ‘typical’ mid-size arbitration would generate anywhere between 30 and over 400 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions depending on the number of submissions and...more
Background Mediation is a process by which parties attempt to resolve a dispute amicably with the assistance of a third party (ie the mediator) who has no authority to impose a solution on the parties. For the process to be...more
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) recently released a new version of the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, effective November 1, 2018. The new version updates the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration...more
11/29/2018
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After 10 years of negotiations, trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries representing 40% of the world’s economy and one-third of global trade have reached a trade agreement, referred to as the Trans-Pacific Partnership...more
10/6/2015
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