Participants in the Mock Arbitration Workshop had a lively Saturday morning discussing how an actual arbitration proceeding is conducted. The workshop was largely based on the video produced by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). The trainers focused on selected scenes relating to common procedural and substantive issues arising in the course of an arbitral proceeding.
One of the trainers, Mr Edmund Kronenburg of Braddell Brothers LLP, shared his expertise by leading the discussions on issues besetting most commonly the commencement of arbitration - issues arising from the existence of a dispute, arbitration agreement, and emergency arbitration were discussed.
Participants thereafter threshed out issues in relation to procedures of the SIAC, and the discussion on issues arising on appointment and challenges to arbitrators was led by the Deputy Registrar of the SIAC, Mr Kevin Nash. The workshop leader, Mr Johnny Tan, who is an active arbitrator himself led and closed the workshop with his discussion on issues arising from the early stages of an arbitral proceeding, jurisdiction challenges, submissions, hearing on merits, crossexamination of factual and expert witnesses and deliberations on the award by the Tribunal.
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