Please join us for an engaging evening of discussion and insight with the Hon Justice Patrick O’Sullivan, Federal Court of Australia, a Fellow of Ciarb before he was appointed to the Bench, Ciarb Australia President, Geoff Farnsworth, who will also deliver the Welcome Address and some of South Australia’s leading arbitration experts.
Geoff Farnsworth, partner at leading national law firm Holding Redlich has been elected president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Australia Branch (Ciarb).
On 8 November 2022, Justice Quentin Loh, Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Singapore and President of the Singapore International Commercial Court delivered the CIArb Australia Annual 2022 Lecture on “International Arbitration in a World of Sanctions” at Herbert Smith Freehills in Melbourne. Justice Loh opened by acknowledging that the world […]
By the middle of February 2020, I had resolved upon a plan. I would travel to Kuala Lumpur to undertake the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Diploma of International Commercial Arbitration at the Asian International Arbitration Centre. This course had come highly recommended by a number of colleagues. I had space in my diary. I had […]
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Young Members Group (YMG) “World Tour” is a series of seminars hosted by YMG across different regions worldwide. On 24 and 25 March, arbitration and dispute resolution experts from Australia and New Zealand came together for two lively panel discussions as part of the YMG World Tour itinerary. This […]
On 30 March 2021, CIArb Australia and the Federal Court of Australia held their first webinar for 2021. The panellists considered the Australian implications of two recent judgments by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Enka Insaat v Chubb (the choice of law principles applicable to an arbitration agreement and when an express or […]
Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2020 Venue: Federal Court of Australia Court 1, Law Courts Building, 3 Angas Street, Adelaide 5000 Adelaide was the venue for the first seminar of the year in the long running CIArb Australia and Federal Court of Australia – International Arbitration Series. The seminar included presentations on a variety of topical […]
On 18 November 2019, arbitration practitioners from around the world convened at the Westin Brisbane to attend the 2019 International Arbitration Conference, organised by ACICA and CIArb Australia. The conference, which saw practitioners from 5 continents and 15 jurisdictions impart their knowledge and experience, was a wonderful success. The conference was opened by the Honourable Chief Justice […]
L – R: Prof Graeme Samuel AC; The Hon Justice Peter Riordan, Supreme Court of Victoria; Leah Ratcliff, Global Disputes, Jones Day; Caroline Kenny QC, CIArb Australia President and The Hon Kenneth Hayne AC QC Welcome Remarks: Caroline Kenny QC, CIArb Australia President Your honours, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, as President of CIArb Australia, […]
CIArb Australia President, Caroline Kenny QC has been awarded Chartered Arbitrator status, the only woman in Australia to currently hold the prestigious rank which carries global recognition. An experienced international arbitrator and barrister, her ruling on jurisdiction was upheld by the Singapore High Court and led to new law on an arbitrator’s right to determine […]
Back row (L-R): University of Queensland team – Liam Inglis, Adam Lukacs, Riley Quinn, Mia Campbell, Ben Wilson; Griffith University team – Grace Norris, Madaline Hartwig, Neha Gangaram; Kristian Maley and James Sullivan. Front row (L-R): Caroline Kenny QC, CIArb Australia; The Hon Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria and Gowri Kangeson, DLA Piper. Following closely fought final rounds, University […]
Left to Right: Chief Judge The Hon Will Alstergren, Judge Caroline Kirton, Dr Vicky Priskich and Martin Bartfeld QC before proceedings commenced at the Family Law and Arbitration seminar. Family law and arbitration – courts and arbitrators working together to find alternative ways to resolve family law disputes The Family Court of Australia, Federal Circuit […]