{"id":16575,"date":"2021-10-22T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disputescentre.com.au\/?p=16575"},"modified":"2022-05-09T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T22:26:28","slug":"australia-arbitration-week-2021-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disputescentre.com.au\/australia-arbitration-week-2021-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN ARBITRATION WEEK 2021 BLOG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Australian Disputes Centre\u2019s Blog on Australian Arbitration Week 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ADC’s Associates and Interns covered events throughout Australian Arbitration Week 2021 on this blog. The Blog is full of insights and references from the myriad of speakers presenting throughout the week. We have also added a few links for additional reading.<\/p>\n

We have tried to keep acronyms to a minimum, but for those new to the topic: International Commercial Arbitration “ICA”,\u00a0 and\u00a0 Australia Arbitration Week “AAW”.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy the Australian Disputes Centre’s AAW2021 blog…<\/p>\n

DAY 5 – 22 October 2021<\/h2>\n

Good morning early birds! Time is running out for you to catch AAW 2021 live. It is the 5th and final day of a mammoth week of events. AAW has covered an enormous breadth of topics over the past 4 days, and given todays programme,\u00a0 AAW2021 still has much more to offer. We’ll be here on the Australian Disputes Centre’s blog all day to keep you updated.<\/p>\n

The first session this morning is kicking of at 9.00am AEDT. For now, check out what has been happening over the past 4 days in the blog below…<\/p>\n

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Level Twenty Seven Chambers in Brisbane (2 time winners of Australian ADR Awards ‘ADR Chambers of the Year’) will be a hive of activity this morning in preparation for their event, and a fount of knowledge from 9.00am. ADC will be reporting on the event around morning tea time. We are excited to get started!<\/span><\/h3>\n

9:00 – 10:00am –\u00a0 Functus Officio in Arbitration –<\/em> Presented by Level Twenty Seven Chambers<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Level Twenty Seven Chambers, explored the situations where an arbitrator might be said to have performed the office so as to be (wholly or as to particular aspects of the referred dispute) functus officio. Whether an arbitrator is functus officio is important for determining the question of the continuing arbitrator\u2019s jurisdiction, which is fundamental to the validity and enforceability of a subsequent arbitral award.<\/span><\/p>\n

The speakers traversed a range of issues on this topic including:<\/span><\/p>\n