At the Welcome Reception of the 11th Australian Arbitration Week (AAW), ACICA announced the launch of the ACICA Pacific Island Practitioner Scholarship (Scholarship). The Scholarship is supported by the ACICA Education Fund (Fund). The Fund established by ACICA comprises profits from the ICCA Congress hosted by ACICA in Sydney in 2018. ACICA will offer two [...]

ACICA is pleased to announce the launch of its Sustainability Taskforce (Taskforce). The Taskforce comprises industry leaders Daisy Mallett, Independent Arbitrator and Legal Consultant in Sydney; Mark Mangan, Partner at Dechert in Singapore; and Amanda Murphy, Principal, Sustainability & ESG Legal (Disputes & Regulatory) at BHP in Perth. Deborah Tomkinson, ACICA Secretary-General and Caroline Swartz-Zern, ACICA Counsel, are leading this [...]

ACICA, in conjunction with FTI Consulting, yesterday launched the 2023 Evidence in International Arbitration Report (“Report”), reflecting the views of international arbitration practitioners in Australia and globally. Developed from a global survey conducted in late 2022, the Report explores the impact of expert, lay and document evidence on case outcomes and critical trends like sustainability and [...]

Sign up now! ACICA Wing Person Initiative - Australian Arbitration Week 2023 The ACICA Diversity Committee is pleased to introduce the ACICA Wing Person Initiative which will be rolled out for the first time at Australian Arbitration Week 2023. Everyone knows what it is like to walk into an event not knowing a single person. [...]

21 June 2023  ACICA Launches Diversity Committee  ACICA is pleased to announce the official launch of the ACICA Diversity Committee (Committee).  The objectives of the Committee are to address, explore, educate, learn about, and respond to the diversity of the human experience. It was established as a part of ACICA’s efforts to ensure that it [...]

ACICA45 is delighted to announce the appointment of its first ever Co-Chairs: Imogen Kenny and Liam McInerney! They have begun their terms as Co-Chairs of the ACICA45 Steering Committee and have already been busy organising another year full of events and educational opportunities for emerging practitioners interested in arbitration. ACICA and the ACICA45 Steering Committee [...]

Contribute to the development of arbitration in Australia by responding to the second ACICA/FTI Survey! The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) with the support of FTI Consulting, has launched a second survey on international arbitration. This time we are focussed on evidence! The successful launch of the Australian Arbitration Report in 2021 [...]

  Future Frontiers 7 November 2022, Melbourne The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia) are delighted to invite you to this year’s International Arbitration Conference.  The Conference is the lead event for Australian Arbitration Week and will be held in the heart of Melbourne at the new W Hotel on 7 November 2022. [...]

On 6 September 2022, ACICA45 representative Ella Wisniewski (Perth) chaired a diverse panel of arbitration practitioners. The panel consisted of Samantha Lord Hill (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), Rupert Coldwell (Vinson & Elkins), Bronte Hannah (CMS), Aaron McDonald (Herbert Smith Freehills), and Jake Lowther (Magnusson). These Australian practitioners work all over the world, some have even found [...]

For those who missed the 22 June 2022 Sydney Launch of the Third Edition of Commercial Arbitration in Australia Under the Model Law authored by Professor Doug Jones AO and Professor Janet Walker CM, this event wrap up summarizes the key events of the evening hosted by the Federal Court of Australia. The foreword to [...]