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Equitas Consulting Hosting an ICC Event on Expert Evidence in International Arbitration
- Tuesday December 8th, 2020
- Posted by: EQUITAS
- Category: Arbitration, News
No CommentsEQUITAS is hosting an ICC YAF webinar on “Expert Evidence in International Arbitration” between 16.00 -18.00 (GMT +3) on the 9th of December 2020. The panelists Adrian Bell, Damla Erensoy from CMS International Law Firm and Equitas director Metehan Caglar Sonbahar will discuss the difference between an expert advisor and an expert witness, a party
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ICC has updated its Force Majeure Clause to Include Epidemic!
- Thursday October 15th, 2020
- Posted by: EQUITAS
- Category: Articles, COVID-19, News
Force Majeure is a French phrase commonly used in commercial contracts to describe exceptional circumstances or events affecting the contract, parties obligations and that are completely outside the parties’ control. Such events may include, acts of God, war, strike, epidemic, riot etc. Black’s Law Dictionary describes force majeure as ‘ An event or effect that
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Singapore Convention of Mediation Enters into Force
- Monday October 12th, 2020
- Posted by: EQUITAS
- Category: Articles, Mediation, News
The Convention of Mediation Enters into Force On 12 September 2020 the Singapore Convention entered into force, at a digital celebration organised by the Singapore Ministry of Law and UNCITRAL. Last year on the 7th of August the Convention, also known as the United Nations (UN) Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, was