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International Commercial Dispute Resolution for the 21st Century

19 April 2018

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International Commercial Dispute Resolution for the 21st Century: Australian Perspectives

This symposium, held on the Thursday immediately after the ICCA Congress in Sydney, adds some Australian perspectives on recent developments in cross-border business dispute resolution, searching for a shared prognosis or recommendations on vexed issues such as treaty-based investor-state arbitration or alternatives such as new international courts.

The symposium locates these perspectives in contemporary global and regional context, especially Asia-Pacific and European developments, mindful of both synergies and tensions among investor-state arbitration, inter-state dispute settlement, international commercial arbitration and cross-border commercial litigation.

Presenters are deliberately diverse with respect to main areas of expertise, national or ethnic background, affiliation, age and gender. Several will also draw on participation in an earlier symposium co-organised with the University of Western Australia, and presentations from both events will be considered for publication.

This symposium, sponsored by the Sydney Centre for International Law, includes a book launch by The Hon Robert French AC, former Chief Justice of Australia, of Chaisse & Nottage (eds) International Investment Treaties and Arbitration Across Asia (Brill, January 2018).

Presenters include:

Professor Vivienne Bath, The University of Sydney Law School
Dr Caroline Henckels, Monash University
Jim Morrison, Morrison Law
Professor Luke Nottage, The University of Sydney Law School
Professor Catherine Rogers, Penn State Law
Professor Stephan Schill, University of Amsterdam
Esme Shirlow, King's College London
Dr Brett Williams, Williams Trade Law

Commentators include:

Richard Braddock, Lexbridge Lawyers
Professor Chester Brown, The University of Sydney Law School
Jessica Casben Fell, Office of International Law
Dr Dominic Dagbanja, University of Western Australia
The Hon Robert French AC, University of Western Australia
Associate Professor Amokura Kawharu, The University of Auckland
The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of Western Australia
Donald Robertson, Herbert Smith Freehills, Adjunct Professor at The University of Sydney Law School
Dr Rajesh Sharma, RMIT University
Mrs Ana Ubilava, The University of Sydney Law School
Jeffrey Waincymer, Arbitrator, Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore