Arbitration in Bahrain
The Kingdom of Bahrain has launched the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution. This initiative of the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs will deliver international ADR services in cooperation with the American Arbitration Association. TimesOnline’s Law Central has the story.
What makes this project interesting is that Bahrain has passed legislation ensuring that when parties agree to arbitration by the BCDR the result will be binding and beyond challenge in the Bahrain courts. Presumably, they’ll have better luck with their “privative” provisions than has been the case elsewhere.
At present the link to the BCDR opens only a splash page. I have to say that if I were opening a major project like this, aimed at the world’s businesses, I’d want to have a little something behind the splash page for the curious.
Could we see more Canadian arbitration involvement in Bahrain as a result?
After the recent move by Blakes to expand in the region, it might be a possibility.
Are they selecting or grooming associates for this type of work though in the future?