Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go: Challenging Arbitrators Before It's Too Late

​A fast-paced breakfast session on one of arbitration's most delicate topics: challenges to arbitrators. Through practical examples and war stories, we will explore different grounds for challenge and what practitioners should watch for before a challenge becomes inevitable.

​What's on the agenda

• ​Opening remarks: key findings from the latest SCC report and recent trends in challenges to arbitrators

• ​Lightning perspectives: three short talks, each on a different ground for challenge:

  • ​When an arbitrator's conduct becomes the issue

  • ​Conflicts of interest that call independence and impartiality into question

  • ​Disclosure failures and repeat appointments: what parties need to know

• ​Panel discussion, stories from the front line:

  • ​Memorable challenge applications and lessons learned

  • ​Technical conflicts vs. real concerns

  • ​Strategic vs. legitimate challenges

  • ​"Would you challenge?" rapid-fire scenarios with the audience (if time allows)

​Speakers

• ​Jake Lowther, Specialist Counsel, SCC Arbitration Institute (moderator)

• ​Dr Eveli Lume, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

• ​Triinu Hiob, Partner, NJORD

• ​Albertas Šekštelo, Partner, MOTIEKA

​Why attend?

• ​Learn to identify challenge risks early

• ​Understand how institutions and tribunals approach challenges

• ​Avoid the situations that make parties say: "Wake me up before you go-go... because this arbitrator may need to go."

​Co-organized by the SCC Arbitration Institute and the Swedish Arbitration Association, hosted by MOTIEKA.