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Each year Fox Williams hosts a lecture on the procedural issues raised by that year’s Vis problem. Articles on those issues have been subsequently published in CIArb’s journal “Arbitration”. Copies of articles can be found on the links below.

For the 2022 lecture, to be held at The International Dispute Resolution Centre, 1 Paternoster Lane, London, EC4M 7BQ on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 4pm, we are delighted to announce that Lord Wilson of Culworth (former Justice of the Supreme Court) and Anneliese Day QC will be panellists.

Registration: 4pm

Time of debate: 4.30pm

We are expecting to close the debate by 6.30pm with drinks and canapés to follow for those attending in person.

Register here.

Panellists for the debate and issues from previous years

2019: Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Paula Hodges QC, Sir Michael Burton, Graham Dunning QC

The Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement

The Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Evidence

2020: Dame Elizabeth Gloster, Marion Smith QC, Professor Denis Mouralis

Asymmetric disputes clauses

Whether the power exists to disqualify an expert

2021: Sir Nigel Teare, Marion Smith QC, Professor Denis Mouralis, Robert Temmink QC

Whether there is a right to an in-person hearing rather than a virtual one

Whether there is a power to consolidate/join parties to an arbitration, and, if so, the factors in the exercise of that discretion

(This session can be viewed https://www.foxwilliams.com/2021/02/08/webinar-pre-moot-panel-debate/)

The articles accessible on this page were first published in ‘Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management’, in the volumes stated on the articles, and are reproduced with permission of Kluwer Law International.