Past Events

date	venue	Subject	Speaker
12 January, 2012	Field Fisher Waterhouse, 35 Vine Street, London EC3N 2PX	Dispute Resolution and Story Telling	Speakers: Dr Vayu Naidu Dee Ashworth
1 December, 2011	Ince & Co LLP International House 1 St Katherine's Way London E1W 1UN	Joint seminar with the LMAA Current Issues in Maritime Arbitration	Chair: Hew Dundas Speakers: Elizabeth Birch Ian Gaunt Clare Kempkens The Right Hon Lord Justice Tomlinson
17 November, 2011	Tallow Chandlers Hall 4 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2SH	CIArb London Branch Annual Dinner	Keynote Speaker: HHJ Sir Gavyn Arthur
26 October, 2011	Quadrant Chambers 10 Fleet Street London EC4	Arbitration and ADR in the Insurance Sector	Speakers: The Hon. Mr Justice Christopher Clarke Roger Flaxman Matthew Reeve
13 October, 2011	Davis Langdon MidCity Place 71 High Holborn London WC1V 6QS	Arbitration as a method of Dispute Resolution for UK Construction Projects, following the rise of Adjudication.	Chair: Andrew Kasriel Speakers: The Hon Mr. Justice Akenhead: Judge in Charge - Technology and Construction Court Chris Ennis: Director (Legal Support) Europe – Davis Langdon, Global Construction Consultants
7 September, 2011	Norton Rose 3 More London Riverside London SE1 2AQ	CIArb/LCIA 7th Annual Joint Seminar Arbitration in Latin America
29 June, 2011	Clyde & Co 51 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1JP	8th Annual Mediation Seminar
15 June, 2011	Laithwaites, Arch 219-221 Stoney Street London SE1 9AA	Summer Social Event A Wine Tasting at Laithwaites: New World –v- Old World
26 May, 2011	Reed Smith, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS	Psychological Factors in the Arbitral Process	Chair: Professor Grant Jones Speakers: Gautam Bhattacharyya Sophie Nappert James Savory
5 May, 2011	Skadden Arps LLP 40 Bank Street Canary Wharf London E14 5DS	Annual Keynote Address International Arbitration in London: A view from outside	Keynote Speaker: Professor Kaj Hobér
30 March, 2011	Oxford & Cambridge Club 71-77 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HD	What your Institute does for you	Chair: Hew Dundas Chairman CIArb London Branch Speakers: Michael Forbes Smith (Director General, CIArb) Nicki Alvey (Director of Membership and Marketing, CIArb) Alan Connarty (IDRS) Neville Tait
8 March, 2011	The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Bevis Marks London EC3A 5DQ	Arbitration within Faith Communities	Chair: Andrew Kasriel Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy (Welcome Speech) Speakers: Professor Mark Hill QC David Frei Maulana Arif Awan
9 February, 2011	Hogan Lovells International Atlantic House Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG	Property Arbitration	Speakers: HH Judge Anthony Thornton QC Max Crofts – Partner, King Sturge Nick Cheffings – Partner, Hogan Lovells
20 January, 2011	Bird & Bird 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP	Dispute Prevention and Resolution in the Film and Media Industry	Speakers: Peter Brownlow Sarah Theurich Sarah Walker Tony Stern
17 November, 2010	Stationers’ Hall Ave Maria Lane EC4M 7DD	Annual Dinner	Keynote Speaker: Sir Rupert Jackson
9 November, 2010	39 Essex Street Chambers London WC2R 3AT	Cost Management in Arbitration	Speakers: John Tackaberry QC Nicholas Bacon QC Avril Ashley
12 October, 2010	Ashursts Broadwalk House 5 Appold St London EC2A 2HA	Corruption in Arbitration
8 September, 2010	Clifford Chance 10 Upper Bank St London E14 5JJ	VIth Annual Joint Seminar with the LCIA	Chair: Irvinder Bakshi Speakers: Shishir Dholakia Alexandros Panayides Shreyas Jayasimha Ajay Thomas
30 June, 2010	Clyde & Co 51 Eastcheap London EC3M 1JP	Annual Mediation Seminar	Speakers: Jane Andrewartha Phillip Howell Richardson David Richbell Margaret BickfordSmith QC
8 June, 2010	Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP One America Square Crosswall London EC3N 2SG	Mediation at Work: Dispute Resolution, Employment Law & Practice
28 April, 2010	Oxford & Cambridge Club 71-77 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HD	AGM	Keynote Speaker: Lord Hoffmann
24 April, 2010	Dublin	Joint CIArb London and Irish Branches meeting
19 March, 2010	Trinity Hall Cambridge	International Dispute Resolution : Theory and Practice	Speakers: Stephen Bickford-Smith Andrew Burr Professor Martin Daunton Wang Hongsong Catherine Kessedjian Christian Konrad Judith Levine F Peter Phillips Philippe Pinsolle Mauro Rubino-Sammartano Hanns-Christian Salger Joe Tirado Judge John Toulmin CMG QC
3 March, 2010	2 Stone Buildings Lincoln’s Inn London WC2A 3TH	International Arbitration in Africa	Chair: Dame Linda Dobbs DBE Speakers: David Greene Emilia Onyema
10 February, 2010	Ince & Co International House 1 St Katharine's Way London E1W 1AY	Joint event with the LMAA	Co-Chairs: John Tsatsas (President LMAA) Hew R Dundas Speakers: Lord Clarke of Stone cum Ebony Patrick O’Donovan James Wilson
28 January, 2010	Quadrant Chambers 10 Fleet Street EC4Y 1AU	"Plus ca change.." The interpretation of contracts	Speakers: Lord Hoffmann Melanie Willems Jean de Hauteclocque
24 November, 2009	Baker & McKenzie	Arbitration in the People's Republic of China	Chair: Stephen Bickford-Smith Speakers: Andrew Aglionby Hew Dundas
17 November, 2009	The Worshipful Company of Cutlers Hall Warwick Lane London EC4M 7BR	Annual Dinner	Keynote Speaker: The Rt. Hon. Sir Bernard Rix, Lord Justice of Appeal
5 November, 2009	Bird & Bird 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP	ADR & Finance	Chair: John Wright Speakers: Brett Israel Grant Jones Sarah Walker Ray Farren Paul Turner
13 October, 2009	Quadrant Chambe3s 10 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1AU	Expert Evidence Current Issues	Chair: Matthew Marsh, Partner Collyer Bristow Speakers: Michael Cohen Philip Newman
10 September, 2009	Skadden Arps	Joint Seminar with the LCIA: Current Issues in International Arbitration	Chair: Juliet Blanch Speakers: Hilary Heilbron QC Prof. CathÃ©rine Kessedjian Penny Madden Sophie Nappert
1 July, 2009	Clyde & Co 51 Eastcheap London EC3M 1JP	Annual Mediation Seminar The courts and mediation: Made in heaven or shotgun marriage?	Chair: Philip Naughton QC Speakers: Margaret Bickford-Smith QC John Turnbull David Greene His Honour Judge Toulmin CMG QC
25 June, 2009		Riverboat Trip
10 June, 2009	Quadrant Chambers 10 Fleet Street EC4Y 1AU London EC1	Adjudication in the Credit Crunch & How to make the pips squeak
20 May, 2009	Herbert Smith LLP	Which seat to choose? London, Stuttgart, Paris or Edinburgh?	Chair: David Brynmor Thomas Herbert Smith LLP Speakers: Prof.Dr. Gerhard Wegen Rechtsanwalt Stephen Bickford- Smith Maatre Laurenc Kiffer Hew Dundas
12 May, 2009	Islamic Cultural Centre Regents Park Mosque 146 Park Road London NW8 7RG	Arbitration within the world of Shari'a Law	Chair: Stephen Bickford-Smith, Chair London Branch CIArb Speakers: Deborah Ruff Dr Mark Hoyle Dr. Hassan Ali Radhi
29 April, 2009	The Travellers Club 106 Pall Mall	AGM	Keynote Speaker: Toby Landau QC
16 February, 2009	Lovells Atlantic House 50 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG	Property arbitration and rent reviews	Speakers: Nicholas Cheffings (Lovells) Stephen Bickford-Smith (Landmark Chambers) Geoffrey Wright (EA Shaw Chartered Surveyors)
4 December, 2008	Pinsent Masons	Dispute Review Boards & Panels A joint event with the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, supported by Pinsent Masons	Speakers: Peter Chapman, Civil Engineer & Barrister Gordon Bell, Partner/Head of International Arbitration Pinsent Masons Dr. Cyril Chern, Barrister and author of Chern on Dispute Boards
18 November, 2008	Inner Temple Hall	Annual Dinner	Keynote Speaker: Louise Barrington
8 October, 2008	Quadrant Chambers 10 Fleet Street London EC4	Whither Commercial Arbitration? A joint seminar with the LMAA	Speakers: The Hon Mr Justice David Steel Bruce Harris Simon Kverndal QC Chair: Hew R Dundas
18 September, 2008	Clifford Chance 10 Upper Bank St Canary Wharf London E14 5JJ	International Commercial Disputes: To arbitrate or mediate? That is the question. 4TH Annual Joint International Event with the LCIA	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Sir Brian Neill Loong Seng Onn Adrian Winstanley James Clanchy
2 July, 2008	Clyde & Co	Vth Annual Mediation Seminar	Chair: Hew R Dundas Speakers: Jane Andrewartha Philip Naughton QC Katharine Hope Gurun Giovanni de Berti Ewan Malcolm
12 June, 2008	Weil, Gotshal & Manges One South Place London EC2M 2WG	A comparison between the exercise of the powers of the US and the English courts in support of the arbitral process, together with an ICC overview.	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Partners in Weil Gotshal & Manges' International Arbitration Group Eric Ordway Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Toby Landau QC The Hon. Mr Justice Christopher Clarke
15 May, 2008	School of Oriental & African Studies University of London	Alternative Dispute Resolution in Islamic Law	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Dr Mark Hoyle Deborah Ruff
29 April, 2008	Tallow Chandlers Hall	London Branch AGM	Chair: Lord Justice Moore-Bick
17 April, 2008	Norton Rose 3 More London Riverside London SE1 2AQ	What is the most effective way to resolve a dispute given the objectives of cost, speed and a just result: arbitration, mediation or another form of dispute resolution. The final lecture in this series examining the whole dispute resolution process.	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Joe Tirado Steve Abraham Peter Scott from Norton Rose LLP Ian Glick QC Stephen Ruttle QC Richard Millett QC
27 February, 2008	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Enforcing the final decision in international dispute resolution: how realistic?	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC (Chair CIArb London Branch) Speakers: Constantine Partasides (Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer) Chris Newmark (Spenser, Underhill, Newmark LLP) Professor Klaus Peter Berger (University of Cologne)
31 January, 2008	Ashurst	How difficult is it to challenge the final decision? Is it easier in arbitration, mediation or another form of dispute resolution?	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Chris Vigrass (Ashurst) Richard Wilmot-Smith QC (39 Essex Street) Richard Harrison (Laytons)
12 December, 2007	Slaughter & May	Playing Fair: the overriding importance of the principle of fairness. The third in a series of lectures on the dispute resolution process.	Chair: Nicholas Padfield QC Speakers: Jonathan Cotton (Slaughter & May) Duncan Matthews QC
14 November, 2007	The Crypt Ely Place	Dinner Keynote Speech: Hostage Negotiation	Keynote Speaker: Commander David Johnston
13 September, 2007	Herbert Smith LLP	Arbitration & ADR in the International Energy Industry.	Chair: Hew R Dundas, President CIArb & Vice Chair London Branch Speakers: Rt Hon. Sir Philip Otton Professor Maurice Mendelson QC Joanne Cross Paula Hodges
12 July, 2007	Sullivan and Cromwell	The Americanisation of International Commercial Arbitration	Chair: Lord Justice Auld Speakers: Paul B Hannon John Hardiman Anthony Connerty
4 July, 2007	Reed Smith Richards Butler	CIArb London Branch Lecture Series - Lecture 2 The Upholding of the Chosen Dispute Resolution Procedure in the Light of a Challenge? A forward look at possible provisions for future Dispute Management	Speakers: Gautam Bhattacharyya Antony White QC David Thomas QC Khawar Qureshi QC
20 June, 2007	Clyde & Co LLP	IVth Annual Mediation Seminar	Speakers: Jane Andrewartha Sir Anthony Colman David Cornes
23 May, 2007	S J Berwin LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1BE	Deciding on the right dispute resolution process: Arbitration, mediation or an alternative way of resolving the dispute This is the first in a series of six lectures over the next year that examine the dispute resolution process	Speakers: Paul Darling QC Phillip Howell-Richardson Justin Michaelson
15 May, 2007	Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors, 6-8 Bouverie St London EC4Y 8DD	Experts in Arbitration: A co-meeting with the Expert Witness Institute	Chair: Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC Speakers: Kay Linnell Steven Friel
12 May, 2007	CIArb 12 Bloomsbury Square	Arbitration Surgery	Speakers: Tony Canham
25 April, 2007	Oxford & Cambridge Club 71 Pall Mall	AGM & Keynote Address	Chair: Dame Elizabeth Gloster
27 March, 2007	Berwin Leighton Paisner	Award Precision fron Flexibility of Process A forward look at possible provisions for future dispute management	Chair: Mr Justice Colman Speakers: Arthur Marriott QC Ron Baden-Hellard
27 November, 2006	Bird & Bird	Are restrivtive covenants in sport justified?	Chair: The Rt Hon Sir Philip Otton Keynote Speaker: Michael Forbes Smith (CIArb Director-General) Speakers: John Jarvis QC & Christopher Harris (3 Verulam Buildings) Charles Flint QC & Andrew Hunter (Blackstone Chambers)
15 November, 2006	Staple Inn Hall	Annual Dinner	Speakers: Sir Oliver Popplewell
25 October, 2006	Quadrant Chambers	ADR in the Insurance Sector	Chair: The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Evans Speakers: Jeremy Lack John Lockey Bill Rendall James Turner
7 September, 2006	Hosted by Denton Wilde Sapte in the Reading Room of the Law Society	The Role International Arbitration Can Play in Developing Trade with and Investment in Eastern Europe	Speakers: Professor Kaj Hob Mannheimer Swartling Advocaten, Stockholm and Professor of East European Law at Uppsala University, Sweden) Ivaylo Dermendjiev (Partner, Simeonov & Dermendjiev,Sofia, Bulgaria) Gerard Sander (European Bank for Reconstruction)
26 July, 2006		Thames Cruise
11 July, 2006	Wilmer Hale	Arbitration: Issues of illegality and public policy	Chair: Lawrence Collins J Speakers: Johnny Veeder QC Franz Schwartz Wendy Miles
29 June, 2006	Bird & Bird	Cutting Edge business requires cutting edge solutions, can arbitration keep pace?	Speakers: Joseph Wan Peter Aeberli Hilary Heilbron QC
11 May, 2006	Ashurst	The Party in Person A joint event with the Adjudication Society	Speakers: HH Judge Thornton QC David Goyder
25 April, 2006	The RSA	AGM + Keynote Address: Mediation and its future prospects	Keynote Speaker: The Right Hon Sir Brian Neill
29 March, 2006	Clyde & Co	Debate: This House Believes that Courts Should Have the Power to Order Parties to Mediation	Chair: The Hon. Mr Justice Colman Speakers: Prof. Karl Mackie David Richbell Philip Naughton QC Jane Andrewartha
12 January, 2005	3 Gray's Inn Square	Experts in mediation hearings?	Speakers: Michael Cohen