Arbitration Knowhow
London based international commercial arbitrator
Welcome to my Arbitration Knowhow page
Having been involved in arbitrations of all shapes and sizes for more than 30 years, and having served as Registrar of the LCIA and as Honorary Secretary of the LMAA, I have accumulated an unusually varied knowledge of the law and practice of arbitration in London and around the world.
In recent years, I have had opportunities to share my knowledge and to write and speak about issues in arbitration. I have given presentations at conferences and lectures at universities. My publications have included articles in academic journals, practical guidance notes and case analyses for Lexis®PSL Arbitration, and posts for LexisNexis Blogs.
Knowhow articles
The Arbitration Knowhow articles here are updated from time to time. You can also keep up with my blog posts for LexisNexis Blogs: two are linked below.
James Clanchy blog posts on LexisNexis Blogs
Arbitration statistics
Rising caseloads and repeat appointments: my analysis of 2023 caseloads.
The silo effect
Tribalism and tunnel vision carry risks for the international arbitration community
Arbitration Knowhow news
A Neglected Blueprint: the LMAA’s Small Claims Procedure
I am pleased to have contributed a chapter to Expedited International Arbitration: Policies, Rules, and Procedures (Herman Verbist and Alan M Anderson ed., Kluwer, 2024). My chapter discusses the irony that the UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration Rules 2021 are intended for use in ad hoc arbitrations but UNCITRAL Working Group II mainly studied institutional procedures and neglected the rules that apply in more international commercial arbitrations than any others, namely the Terms and Procedures of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA). The LMAA’s SCP has been used in thousands of arbitrations since 1989 and deserves attention.
Non-lawyer arbitrators: an endangered species?
At a joint seminar of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London Branch and the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) on 13 November 2019, on the theme 'Non-lawyer arbitrators: expertise and perspectives', I gave a presentation entitled 'Non-lawyer arbitrators: an endangered species?'. I discussed various ways in which arbitrators from professions and backgrounds outside the legal sector are being increasingly marginalised by institutional rules, legislation and regulations.
ICMA XXI in Rio de Janeiro, March 2020: my paper on ad hoc arbitration
I was delighted to attend the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA XXI) in Rio in the second week of March 2020. My paper, 'Ad hoc arbitration and its enemies' was well received. A copy can be downloaded here. An updated and edited version was published in the CIArb journal, Arbitration, 86, no.4 (2020), pp536-551 download here (download with permission of the publisher, Kluwer Law International).
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