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This is a collection of LinkedIn posts about ideal qualities for arbitrators. Most of these posts were written while I was in Egypt, which explains the accompanying pictures.

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A few years ago I did a series of LinkedIn posts that were inspired by an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London about the psychology of magic, and by a book on the same topic called \"Sleights of Mind\" by Stephe...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/magic-and-arbitration","title":"Magic and arbitration","summary":"A few years ago I did a series of LinkedIn posts that were inspired by an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London about the psychology of magic, and by a book on the same topic called \"Sleights of Mind\" by Stephe...","date_modified":"2026-05-03T19:27:42Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/costs-and-an-excess-of-power-under-the-arbitration-act-1996","html_content":"

Section 68(2)(b)

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The English High Court in NWA and another v NVF and others [2021] EWHC 2666 (Comm) has considered whether a failure to go to mediation before starting arbitration can be reviewed under the Arbitration Act 1996.

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/mediation-before-arbitration-and-the-admissibility-of-claims","title":"Mediation before arbitration and the admissibility of claims","summary":"The English High Court in NWA and another v NVF and others [2021] EWHC 2666 (Comm) has considered whether a failure to go to mediation before starting arbitration can be reviewed under the Arbitration Act 1996.","date_modified":"2026-05-01T11:49:31Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/the-seven-ages-of-arbitration","html_content":"

The following paragraphs were first published as posts on LinkedIn from 24 to 30 May 2021. They are based on the series of paintings called \"The Seven Ages of Man\" by Robert Smirke (1753 to 1845), which refers to William...

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Last year, I was invited to speak on the topic of anti-suit injunctions at a conference. In the week leading up to the conference, I published a post on LinkedIn each day about anti-suit injunctions through the ages. Sta...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/notes-on-anti-suit-injunctions","title":"Notes on anti-suit injunctions","summary":"Last year, I was invited to speak on the topic of anti-suit injunctions at a conference. In the week leading up to the conference, I published a post on LinkedIn each day about anti-suit injunctions through the ages. Sta...","date_modified":"2026-04-30T16:27:57Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/thoughts-on-virtual-hearings","html_content":"

I've been doing a series of posts about virtual hearings over the past week. Being the \"Virtual Champion\" of the international arbitration online courses of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, I thought it would be u...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/thoughts-on-virtual-hearings","title":"Thoughts on virtual hearings","summary":"I've been doing a series of posts about virtual hearings over the past week. Being the \"Virtual Champion\" of the international arbitration online courses of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, I thought it would be u...","date_modified":"2026-04-30T16:04:46Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/a-death-in-egypt-and-a-claim-in-england","html_content":"

Sir Ian Brownlie was one of the leading international lawyers of his generation. A Professor at All Souls College in Oxford, the cases that he worked on including representing Nicaragua before the International Court of ...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/a-death-in-egypt-and-a-claim-in-england","title":"A death in Egypt and a claim in England","summary":"Sir Ian Brownlie was one of the leading international lawyers of his generation. A Professor at All Souls College in Oxford, the cases that he worked on including representing Nicaragua before the International Court of ...","date_modified":"2026-04-21T16:19:06Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/how-to-be-appointed-as-an-arbitrator","html_content":"

A few months ago I wrote an article about How to get a job in international arbitration, then another about How to succeed as an international arbitration associate. I thought it might be helpful to follow up with a piec...

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I published an article on LinkedIn called \"How to get a job on international arbitration\". The subtitle of this follow-up might be \"What you should do once you get that job\".

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/how-to-succeed-as-an-international-arbitration-associate","title":"How to succeed as an international arbitration associate","summary":"I published an article on LinkedIn called \"How to get a job on international arbitration\". The subtitle of this follow-up might be \"What you should do once you get that job\".","date_modified":"2026-04-16T15:50:15Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/how-to-get-a-job-in-international-arbitration","html_content":"

I am often asked for my views about the best way to secure a job in international arbitration. Of course, there are many ways to approach any job search, and it will depend very much on your own personal circumstances an...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/how-to-get-a-job-in-international-arbitration","title":"How to get a job in international arbitration","summary":"I am often asked for my views about the best way to secure a job in international arbitration. Of course, there are many ways to approach any job search, and it will depend very much on your own personal circumstances an...","date_modified":"2026-04-16T15:33:15Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/the-1mdb-arbitration-more-time-for-a-exceptional-case","html_content":"

On 28 July 2020, Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, the former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia, was sentenced to 12 years in jail by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. This was the hi...

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/the-1mdb-arbitration-more-time-for-a-exceptional-case","title":"The 1MDB arbitration: more time for a exceptional case","summary":"On 28 July 2020, Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, the former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia, was sentenced to 12 years in jail by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. This was the hi...","date_modified":"2026-04-16T12:57:18Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/permission-to-appeal-under-the-arbitration-act-1996","html_content":"

The limit on appeals under the Arbitration Act 1996

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In a recently published award, a tribunal constituted under the ICSID Rules has concluded that an investor’s arbitration claim was defeated by a fork-in-the-road provision in the 2003 Germany-PRC BIT.

","url":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/hela-schwarz-v-china","title":"Hela Schwarz v China","summary":"In a recently published award, a tribunal constituted under the ICSID Rules has concluded that an investor’s arbitration claim was defeated by a fork-in-the-road provision in the 2003 Germany-PRC BIT.","date_modified":"2026-03-17T17:27:51Z"},{"id":"https://bengiaretta.com/articles/f/jurisdiction-issues-in-investment-treaty-arbitration","html_content":"

When I revised the chapter of the commentary on the Arbitration Act 1996 relating to s.67, I included Republic of Korea v. Elliott Associates LP [2024] EWHC 2037 (Comm) because it was an example of an English case dealin...

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