Security for Costs in International Arbitration

Auteur

Cameron Ford OAM is an arbitrator, barrister and mediator based in Singapore. He completed his PhD in 2022 and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2023 for services to law. He has been a partner in the international dispute resolution group of Squire Patton Boggs, Singapore, senior corporate counsel with Rio Tinto in Singapore, a partner in a law firm and a barrister at the independent Bar in Australia, practising in commercial and administrative litigation. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is on the arbitration panels of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Asian International Centre for Arbitration, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, as well as serving as arbitrator in a number of arbitrations.

Texte du rabat

This is the first comprehensive guide to security for costs in international arbitration, providing a text which will be the key resource for those considering, making and ruling on applications for security for costs. It is the first and only work to consider the 40+ factors informing the discretion to award security for costs.

Contenu

1 Introduction to the controversy 2 The evolution and nature of security for costs 3 Power and proof 4 Historical approaches to secuirty for costs in arbitration 5 Total circumstances factors 6 The mechanics 7 Party consent and security for costs 8 Party autonomy, procedural fairness, and the nature of arbitration 9 Utility of security for costs in interational commercial arbitration 10 Security for costs in international investment arbitration