Author: Hans Smit** Published: March 1999 Jurisdiction: New York Topics: Costs and Damages Arbitration Fees AAA Description: The courts continue to find it difficult to leave arbitral awards alone. In...
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Author: Hans Smit* Published: June 1999 Topics: Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal AAA Description: Regrettably, but understandably, arbitrators sometimes make mistakes. Since there generally is no appeal from an arbitral...
Correcting Arbitral Mistakes – Vol. 10 No. 2
...Procedure Discovery Evidence Description: This essay is a contribution to a liber amicorum for Hans Smit, a man whom I greatly admire. I am proud to have been considered one...
A Practitioner’s Observations on the Resolution of International Commercial Disputes ...
...Bagwell, Jagdish Bhagwati, Bernard Hoekman, Rob Howse, Alan Sykes, and Elizabeth Cooper. Designing an appropriate selection process for arbitrators was the daily conversation I had for years with Hans Smit....
Arbitrating Trade Disputes (Who’s the Boss?) – Vol. 23 No. ...
...Smit — than that of the difficulties of communication which arise in many international arbitrations between arbitrators, on the one hand, and counsel on the other. It deals with a...
On Communication in International Arbitration – Vol. 3 No. 1-4
Author: Hans Smit* Published: December 2005 Jurisdiction: United States Topics: Waivers Dispute Resolution and Litigation Class Action Description: I. INTRODUCTION Arbitration is rapidly becoming the fashion of the day. It...
Class Actions and their Waiver in Arbitration – Vol. 15 ...
...who support the development of international commercial arbitration must be grateful to Professor Hans Smit for his perceptive insights into the ways in which differences in national legal systems, cultures...
The Geopolitics of Arbitration – Vol. 3 No. 1-4
Author: Hans Smit* Published: April 2010 Jurisdiction: International Topics: Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals Independence and Impartiality Description: I. INTRODUCTION Statutory and institutional rules are unanimous in providing that arbitrators in...
Delinquent Arbitrators and Arbitration Counsel – Vol. 20 No. 1
...scope rationae personae of an arbitration clause. Other authors, such as Professor Hans Smit and Professor Roger Alford, have expressed doubts over the suitability of applying the same reasoning to...
The Issue of Non-Signatory States – Vol. 23 No. 3-4
...decades ago, Hans Smit held that: “consideration should be given to whether the creation of a formal appellate stage in the arbitral process, at least in more substantial cases, would...
Developing the Investment Dispute Resolution System: The Case for Open ...
Author: Hans Smit* Published: October 2000 Topics: Arbitral Awards Confidentiality and Publication Agreement to Arbitrate Description: Confidentiality in arbitration has gained significant attention in recent years. And recent decisions by...
Breach of Confidentiality as a Ground for Avoidance of the ...
...to the completion of this note including Elizabeth Cooper and Professor Hans Smit who supplied inspiring ideas and guidance; David Cohen, Michael Weiner, John Westoff and Francis Bellotti who generously...