Arbitration: Key Concepts of Practice and Procedure

This course would discuss the key principles that lie at the heart of arbitration as a private dispute resolution mechanism, used as an alternative to the local courts, and cover the following:

• The arbitration agreement, discussing the main components of an arbitration agreement
• Various modes of arbitration: Institutional v. ad hoc
• Arbitration onshore v. arbitration offshore (e.g. DIFC/ADGM)
• The typical course of an arbitration
• The arbitration award
• Recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards: Domestic v. international