Editors
Foreword
INTRODUCTION:
After Thoughts from the Inaugural Kaplan Lecture (Monday, 22 October 2007)
Neil Kaplan CBE, QC, SBS
PART I
The Kaplan Lectures
CHAPTER 1
The Inaugural Kaplan Lecture (First Kaplan Lecture, 22 October 2007)
Neil Kaplan CBE, QC, SBS
CHAPTER 2
Defining the Indefinable: Practical Problems of Confidentiality in Arbitration (Second Kaplan Lecture, 17 November 2008)
Michael Hwang, Katie Chung, Si Cheng Lim & Hui Min Wong
CHAPTER 3
When Is an Arbitration Agreement Waived? (Third Kaplan Lecture, 9 December 2009)
Michael Pryles AO PBM
CHAPTER 4
Tainted Memories: Exposing the Fallacy of Witness Evidence in International Arbitration (Fourth Kaplan Lecture, 17 November 2010)
Toby Landau QC
CHAPTER 5
The Importance of Being Competent (Fifth Kaplan Lecture, 6 December 2011)
Sir Bernard Rix
CHAPTER 6
Arbitral Decision-Making: Art, Science or Sport? (Sixth Kaplan Lecture, December 3, 2012)
Lucy Reed
CHAPTER 7
The Centrality of Contractual Interpretation: A Comparative Perspective (Seventh Kaplan Lecture, 27 November 2013)
The Honourable James Spigelman AC, QC
CHAPTER 8
Arbitrators, Corruption and the Poetic Experience (‘When Power Corrupts, Poetry Cleanses’) (Eighth Kaplan Lecture, 20 November 2014)
The Honourable L. Yves Fortier PC, CC, OQ, QC
CHAPTER 9
Light and Dark in International Arbitration: The Virtues, Risks and Limits of Transparency (Ninth Kaplan Lecture, December 10, 2015)
David D. Caron
CHAPTER 10
Lessons for the Future from the Past: Individual Hedgehogs and Institutional Foxes (Tenth Kaplan Lecture, 23 November 2016)
V.V. Veeder QC
CHAPTER 11
Re-examining the Legal Expert in International Arbitration (Eleventh Kaplan Lecture, 15 November 2017)
Donald Francis Donovan
PART II
Cases and Commentaries
CHAPTER 12
The Fung Sang Decision
Justin D’Agostino
CHAPTER 13
Fung Sang Trading Ltd. v. Kai Sun Sea Products & Food Co. Ltd. [1991] 2 HKC 526; HCMP 2674/1991 (29 October 1991)
CHAPTER 14
The J.J. Agro Decisions: What Makes a Judge ‘Arbitration-Friendly’?
Anne Secomb & Matthew Secomb
CHAPTER 15
J.J. Agro Industries (P) Ltd. (a firm) v. Texuna International Ltd. [1994] HKCU 0184; HCMP 751/1992 (29 May 1992)
J.J. Agro Industries (P) Ltd. (a firm) v. Texuna International Ltd. [1992] HKCFI 182; HCMP 751/1992 (12 August 1992)
CHAPTER 16
Waiver, Good Faith and the Exercise of Discretion in Award Enforcement Proceedings: Kaplan J’s Decisions in China Nanhai
Simon Greenberg
CHAPTER 17
China Nanhai Oil Joint Service Corporation Shenzhen Branch v. Gee Tai Holdings Co. Ltd. [1994] 3 HKC 375; HCMP 2411/1992 (13 July 1994)
CHAPTER 18
The Paklito Decision
Matthew Gearing QC
CHAPTER 19
Paklito Investment Ltd. v. Klockner East Asia Ltd. [1993] HKCU 0613; HCMP 2219/1991 (15 January 1993)
CHAPTER 20
The Euro-America Decision
John Beechey CBE & João Vilhena Valério
CHAPTER 21
Euro-America Insurance Ltd. v. Lite Best Co. Ltd. [1993] HKCFI 124; [1993] HKLR 217; [1993] 1 HKC 333; HCA 5419/1992 (11 February 1993)
CHAPTER 22
The Legal Landscape of Cooperation: A Close Study of the Jardine Decision
Douglas Jones AO
CHAPTER 23
Jardine Engineering Corp. Ltd. & Ors v. Shimiziu Corp. [1992] 2 HKC 271; HCCT 1/1992 (10 March 1993)
CHAPTER 24
Through the Looking Glass: An Account of Obscure Arbitration Clauses in the Lucky Goldstar Decision
Sir Bernard Rix
CHAPTER 25
Lucky-Goldstar International (H.K.) Ltd. v. Ng Moo Kee Engineering Ltd. [1993] 1 HKC 404; HCA 94/1993 (5 May 1993)
CHAPTER 26
The Mayers Decision
John Scott QC, SC & Tommy Cheung
CHAPTER 27
Mayers v. Dlugash [1994] 1 HKC 755; HCMP 342/1994 (10 June 1994)
CHAPTER 28
Where Kaplan Leads, Others Follow: A Commentary on the Decision on Third-Party Funding in Cannonway Consultants
Jern-Fei Ng QC
CHAPTER 29
Cannonway Consultants Limited v. Kenworth Engineering Limited [1995] 1 HKC 179; HCCT 5/1994 (25 November 1994)
CHAPTER 30
Love Me Tender: At Which Point in a Tender Process Is Investment Treaty Protection Attracted?
Sarah Grimmer
CHAPTER 31
The ADC v. Hungary Award
Christopher Thomas QC, Sarah Lim & Emily Choo
PART III
Articles
CHAPTER 32
Arbitration in Russia: Investment Law – Inception and Evolution
Olga Boltenko
CHAPTER 33
Arbitration in Africa: Spring Is Coming?
Lucille Kante
CHAPTER 34
Arbitration in Israel: International Investment Law
Noam Zamir
CHAPTER 35
Arbitration in Hong Kong: Challenges and Opportunities in Becoming the Preferred Seat of Arbitration for ‘Belt and Road’ Projects Globally
Fan Yang
CHAPTER 36
Arbitration in Australia: Legislative Framework and Recent Jurisprudence
Andrew Di Pasquale
CHAPTER 37
Arbitration in France: Ryanair v. Smac: Is the French Tribunal des Conflits Unnecessarily Risking France’s Place as the World’s Safest Landing Spot for Arbitration Related Litigation?
Baptiste Rigaudeau
CHAPTER 38
A Pinch of Reality: Private Dispute Resolution in Eighteenth-Century England
Derek Roebuck
