Please join us for an excellent In Conversation event with distinguished arbitrators, Neil Kaplan CBE KC SBS and Bronwyn Lincoln.

Expect the unexpected, light banter and searching questions, against the backdrop of some of the most current and pressing issues:

• The Role of the Tribunal in Guiding the Arbitration: the tribunal is not there at the whim of the parties
• The Need for an ‘Informed’ PO1: the time for template procedural orders with no thought as to whether they suit the needs of the dispute is over
• The Benefits of AI: and the pitfalls
• ‘Courage’:  as a key element of successful arbitration

And much more!

This event will launch the branch’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, to be introduced by Geoff Farnsworth, President of Ciarb Australia.

Neil Kaplan CBE KC SBS is a full time practising Arbitrator.  He has been involved in several hundred arbitrations as co-Arbitrator, sole Arbitrator or Chairman.  These arbitrations have included a wide range of commercial infrastructure and investment treaty disputes under Rules of the ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, SEC, ICSID and CIETAC.  Neil served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in charge of the Construction and Arbitration List.  Neil is known as “The father of Hong Kong arbitration”.  From 1991 until 2004, he was Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, and in 1999-2000 he was President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Read more »

Bronwyn Lincoln is a Partner in the Disputes team at Thomson Geer, with extensive experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration. Bronwyn has acted for national and international clients in high value disputes in most of the superior courts in Australia and has experience in the conduct of arbitration under the rules of many of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the International Chamber of Commerce, and under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.  Bronwyn also sits as an international arbitrator, both as sole arbitrator and presiding arbitrator. she is a director of ACICA and the ADC, vice-chair of the Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Exec of the LCA, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a designated conciliator  for ICSID (World Bank). Read more »