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‘Arbitration and Criminal Law’ – Opening Lecture by Prof Matthew Happold
This lecture examines how arbitral proceedings and domestic criminal processes can interact; how parties to arbitrations have attempted to use domestic criminal proceedings to advance their interests; and how arbitrators can and should respond to such attempts. It concludes that arbitral tribunals must take account of concurrent national criminal proceedings but cannot defer entirely to […]
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‘Arbitrating Energy Disputes in Times of Crisis’ – Opening Lecture by Anya George
The opening lecture of the 2023 Basel Winter Arbitration School delivered by Anya George, Schellenberg Wittmer. The energy sector is facing a range of unprecedented challenges, such as continuing supply chain disruptions in the wake of the global pandemic; an oil and gas supply crunch due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict; extreme price volatility and […]