WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Two recent Supreme Court decision affirm previous authority to the effect that Courts will not decline to refer a proceeding to arbitration simply because it includes statutory claims under the Corporations Act. An exception is where the claim relates to the dissolution or winding up of a company. Such claims have not been referred to arbitration for reasons of public policy. Lorraine Hui, Georgia Quick and Ursula Adamiec Read Full Article Here HERE

Disguised factual challenges given short shrift: State Supreme Courts defend arbitral awards WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are limited grounds on which an international or domestic award can be refused recognition or enforcement. Commonly argued grounds include denial of natural justice in connection with the making of the award, and that enforcement of the award would be contrary to public policy. Courts will not refuse enforcement on the basis of challenges to factual findings in an award which are disguised as complaints about [...]

Nottage, Luke R. and Butt, Simon, Recent International Commercial Arbitration and Investor-State Arbitration Developments Impacting on Australia's Investments in the Resources Sector (April 16, 2014). ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE RESOURCES SECTOR: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, P. Evans and G. Moens, eds., Springer, 2015 Forthcoming; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/71. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2340810 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2340810

ADC’s Schools Invitational Debating Competition is in full swing for its second successful year The inaugural success of the Australian Dispute Centre’s School Debating Competition placed the competition in great stead for another year of building relationships, convincing arguments and a lot of fun. The competition runs from July to September as one of ADC’s corporate social responsibility initiatives and provides the opportunity [...]

Is workplace conflict more prevalent and how is it best managed? ADC has been at the forefront of workplace conflict resolution for nearly 30 years. In the first of its new Bulletin series on workplace issues, Keith Welsh (Mediator and Owner of Velocer Music - ICEHOUSE/Savage Garden) speaks with Salli Browning (Mediator, Workplace Consultant and music aficionado) about workplace dispute resolution. Read more Our media is filled with stories about rising Workers Compensation and indemnity costs, bullying complaints and workplace [...]

ACICA 30th Anniversary Cocktail Reception [Left to Right] Khory Mcormick, Georgia Quick, Ian Nosworthy, Justice Steven Rares, Chief Justice James Allsop AO, Alex Baykitch, James Spigelman AC QC, Justice Michael Ball, Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC, Justice Lindsay Foster, John Wakefield, Michael Talbot, Ian Govey AM Chief Justice Robert French Alex Baykitch: ACICA President Senior Members of the Court of Justice, Thailand John Wakefield and Chris Le Mercier with Mr Suriyong Limsatiranan (President of [...]