Australasia

The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation which was unveiled in 2019 (more commonly known as the ‘Singapore Mediation Convention’) comes into force on 12 September 2020.

The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) has published its new 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules which will apply to any LCIA Arbitration commenced after 1 October 2020 (unless the parties have agreed otherwise).

In the aftermath of World War I and whilst Spanish flu was creating unprecedented havoc and turmoil around the world, a group of entrepreneurs met in Atlantic City in 1919 forging themselves with a mission to create an organisation which would represent business in global trade. Calling themselves the “merchants of peace”, those entrepreneurs founded the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”).

The Government has published further post-Brexit details of the new immigration system which replaces EU freedom of movement from the start of 2021