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Arbitration weekly highlights—11 July 2024

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Published on: 11 July 2024

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Table of contents

International Arbitration
Hong Kong—High Court—classification of orders v awards
India—Supreme Court—appointment of an arbitrator
USA—$250m privacy claim must be arbitrated
Institutional and ad hoc arbitration
AfAA—Cameroon Arbitration Week dates
ICC—Justice and Cultural Sensibility in Global Dispute Resolution event details
ICC—renewed leadership and delegations
SIAC—Annual India Conferences 2024
Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments

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Article summary

This week's edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of arbitration-related decisions in Hong Kong, India and USA; details of events being held by AAA, ICC and SIAC,; coverage of a PCA report on oceans and the law of the sea; reporting of the creation of an advisory centre by UN Commission on International Trade Law. All this, and more in our weekly highlights.

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