Cambridge Arbitration Society (CUArb) was established in 2019 as a registered society at the University of Cambridge. The establishment of the society was a response to Cambridge students’ demands to have exposure to the current arbitration scene.
CUArb aims at promoting the study of international commercial and investment arbitration amongst students, academics, alumni and law practitioners. It seeks to serve as both an educational and networking platform to facilitate discussions on emerging topics in international arbitration and connect students with practitioners.
The CUArb runs a few projects including annual conferences, annual lectures series, preparatory seminars for the Vis Moot competition, educational workshops on arbitration and an arbitration lap. Membership of CUArb is open to all members at the University of Cambridge and individuals interested in the study and practice of international commercial and investment arbitration.
Where permission has been given by the speaker, recordings are available at: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/lecture-recordings
Lent Term 2025
Wednesday 26 February 2025 - 'Parallel Proceedings' - Salim Moollan KC, Brick Court
Wednesday 12 March 2025 - 'Investor-State Dispute Settlement' - Audley Sheppard KC, Twenty Essex
Wednesday 26 March 2025 - 'Risk of Abuse in Arbitration' - Paula Hodges KC
Lent Term 2024
Easter Term 2023
11 May 2023 (in-person event) 'Evidentiary proceedings in arbitration: Lessons from practice' - Patrick Taylor & Aimee-Jane Lee, Debevoise & Plimpton
5 May 2023 (in-person event) 'Taxation and International Investment Arbitration' - Audley Sheppard KC, Clifford Chance LLP
26 April 2023 (in-person event) 'Sanctions in International Arbitration' - Andrew Cannon, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills & Hannah Ambrose, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills
Lent Term 2023
15 March 2023 - (webinar) - 'The Intersection between IP rights and the Protection Afforded by Investment Treaties' - Alejandro Garcia (Stewarts)
15 February 2023 - (webinar) - 'Irreconcilable Differences? The Approaches of the English and French Courts to the Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement' - Gisele Stephens-Chu
26 January 2023 - (in-person event) - 'Evidence in International Arbitration: Comparing Civil and Common Law Perspective' - Kabir Duggal, Amanda Lee
Michaelmas Term 2021
25 November 2021 - CUArb/LCIL Lecture: 'The future of oil and gas arbitration'
28 October 2021 - CUArb/LCIL Lecture: 'Third Party Funding: Looking at the Past and Projecting the Future'
Easter Term 2021
12 May 2021 - CUArb/LCIL Lecture: Investment Structuring (and Re-structuring) and Treaty Protection
26 May 2021- CUArb/LCIL Lecture Series: 'Soft Law and International Arbitration: an Interactive Q&A on the Key Instruments and Developments'
9 June 2021 - CUArb/LCIL Lecture Series: 'Multiple courts and tribunals: forum competition, fragmentation or complementarily'
16 June 2021 - CUArb/LCIL Lecture Series: 'Maritime arbitration, the LMAA and the Suez Canal/Ever Given case study'