YoungICCA >> Events >> Mauritius

Organized by YIAG, ICC YAF and Young ICCA

15 December 2010
Port Louis, Mauritius

 
With the presence of experts and young arbitration practitioners from around the globe:

• John Beechey, President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
• Albert Jan van den Berg, partner Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels
• Dustin Bhoyrul, Barrister, associate at Appleby, Mauritius
• Amir Ghaffari, YIAG co-Chair, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris
• Nathalie Harel-Grion, Barrister, foreign lawyer at Trench Rossi Watanabe Adv. associated with Baker & McKenzie, Brazil
• Anne-Sophie Jullienne, Barrister, BLC Chambers, Mauritius
• Matthias Kuscher, Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Jan Paulsson, President ICCA, principal consultant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Bahrain
• Marike Paulsson, Counsel, Hanotiau & van den Berg/ Young ICCA
  
• Jamsheed Peeroo, researcher, Sorbonne Law School, Paris and Barrister, Chambers of A.R.M.A Peeroo SC GOSK, Mauritius
• The Right Honourable the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, London
• Rajeev Sharma-Fokeer, Barrister, Partner at FTPA, Paris
• Hon Bernard Sik Yuen, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Malaysia
• Adrian Winstanley, Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration, London
  
  

  

A frank and open roundtable discussion that gives young practitioners an opportunity to exchange ideas among themselves and enter into discussion with more experience arbitration practitioners.

 
 

10:00  ::  Registration –  Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel

10:30  ::  Welcome address

10:45  ::  Roundtable I  ::  Trials and tribulations in the arbitral procedure

• Mauritius International Arbitration Act: overview;
• Pre-emptive strikes: drafting the good clause, choosing the right seat and rules, preparatory conferences;
• The efficient conduct of the arbitral procedure: (1) The role of institutions for efficient conduct: PCA, ICC and LCIA; (2) Some innovative features under the Mauritian Act: choice and appointment of arbitrators, courts applications, interim measures and the powers of the PCA;
• Cost and efficiency: proposed solutions.

11:45  ::  Coffee break

12:15  ::  Roundtable II  ::  Bottlenecks encountered when enforcing arbitral awards

• The role of state courts;
• Mauritius and the NYC;
• Bottlenecks in the NYC: a correct interpretation.

13:00  ::  Closing remarks

13:10  ::  Lunch at the Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel

 
 

ARTICLES

The Instant Cost Order by Niuscha Bassiri for YIAG

DOWNLOADS
 

 
 

1.     The Mauritian Arbitration Act
2.     The New York Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards
3.     The UNCITRAL Model Law and Rules
4.     The UNCITRAL NOTES on organizing arbitral proceedings
5.     The IBA rules on the taking of evidence