Registration is open for the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society annual conference, on May 31. We have a great lineup of speakers on diversity & allyship, climate change, & AI. Plus a keynote address by @sedelmayer. Link here: https://t.co/5n6ce9tuwB
Douglas Harrison @ArbitrateinTdot: Two lawyers from Lviv gave us two modern principles of war crimes https://t.co/jzGMJQT9Ob "...these principles have formed the basis of prosecutions undertaken before the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia..."
Lviv is the birthplace of those who came up with the international law concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide, as @philippesands documented in his poignant history and memoir #EastWestStreet. https://t.co/q69NVkOBX5
@BeschlossDC Was in CBC Paris office talking with a producer. The bells on the telex machines started ringing. We went to look. AP had moved a story on the (successful) launch, which stopped halfway thru 1st para. Then another story started, saying Challenger had exploded. We were dumbstruck.
Douglas Harrison @ArbitrateinTdot -- Arbitration 2022: What lies ahead https://t.co/2bYaRyW8yF "The coming year will see some...important arbitration issues addressed by appellate courts: in Canada, the interplay of arbitration and insolvency, and the standard of review..."
Douglas Harrison @ArbitrateinTdot -- International arbitration roundup 2021: Another busy year https://t.co/96B22UueQC "Hearings for the most part carried on virtually in 2021, prompting the ICCA to review whether there is a right to a physical hearing..."
@PeterCanellos In your new biography of Justice Harlan, do you cover much of his participation as one of the arbitrators in the Bering Sea Arbitration of 1893?
@HistoryNed@DDROnline 1971 - the adoption of Abgrenzung at the 8th Party Congress, which led to the Basic Treaty and the international recognition of the GDR as a separate sovereign state
Douglas Harrison: Enbridge Line 5 dispute may lead to interstate arbitration https://t.co/zXj88BCEMW "Any dispute between Canada and the U.S. over the...agreement is to be settled by negotiation. But failing a...resolution, either country may refer the dispute to arbitration."
Douglas Harrison -- Arbitration community didn’t rest during pandemic: 2020 roundup https://t.co/WxOXL5BiH1 "Arbitration’s vaunted attribute of flexibility came to the fore, and institutions, arbitrators, counsel and parties soon adapted to the virtual world." @COVID19
So nice to see Imola back on the #F1 calendar. My one visit to that glorious circuit was in ‘86. Senna (Lotus) was on pole but Prost (McLaren) won by 7.6s over Piquet (Williams). #ImolaGP 🇮🇹
Douglas Harrison @dharrison54 -- CanArbWeek 2020, a recap in two parts: Part two https://t.co/ajnLQ2dLgC "Complex cross-border arbitration can often be cost-prohibitive, leading parties in smaller value claims to sometimes settle on unfavourable terms..."
Douglas Harrison -- CanArbWeek 2020, a recap in two parts: Part one https://t.co/bbE4e0HQ4K "...holding arbitral proceedings virtually during the pandemic has enhanced both individuals’ and companies’ access to justice...a 'fundamental value of the Canadian justice system.'”
Thank you to our participating organizations, speakers, attendees, sponsors and supporting organizations for a wonderful CanArbWeek 2020! With speakers from over 13 countries and over 700 registrants, the inaugural CanArbWeek was a great success.