Australian Disputes Centre Webinar Event: Party autonomy during COVID-19 – testing the reach of the tribunal’s mandate.

11/06/2020

The Australian Disputes Centre will be holding a CPD webinar ‘Party Autonomy During COVID-19 – Testing the Reach of the Tribunal’s Mandate’at 5:30pm – 7:30pm on 16 June 2020.

Arbitration practitioners and arbitrators around the world are promoting the flexibility of arbitration in response to COVID-19. This includes, not surprisingly, the use of video platforms for case management conferences and evidentiary hearings. Questions of procedure have long been discussed in telephone or video conference, but the switch from in person to video for multi-day hearings involving cross examination, extensive document bundles and oral submissions has prompted debate. Central to this discussion is the extent to which tribunals can impose directions in the face of opposition from the parties.

Against this background, a distinguished panel comprised of Professor The Hon. Marilyn Warren AC QC, Professor The Hon. Clyde Croft AM SC and Dr Drossos Stamboulakis, moderated by Bronwyn Lincoln, will discuss the intersection of party autonomy with necessity in these unprecedented times. To register, please click here.