Showing posts with label arbitration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arbitration. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

INDONESIA - DISPUTE SETTLEMENT - Shariah Arbitration and Shariah Court should understand Islamic Finance Transactions in order to solve dispute

Jakarta (9/12)- Dispute settlement in Islamic finance institution is up until today is still become the main issue that need to be handled.  There is two ways of shariah dispute settlement one by the mediation thru the National Syariah Arbritrage ( BASYARNAS) and the shariah court, whereas the effectiveness is still under questions.
The former Director of  Investigation and Mediation of Indonesia’ Banking system   Purwantari Budiman said that the two shariah institutions, Basyarnas and syariah court, are not effectively handling the matter of Islamic finance dispute since both institutions lack of competency in Islamic finance transactions. “ when the dispute to be settled in Basyarnas, it will be difficult since the banking operations dispute will be handled by referring to fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), it will be a deadlock, “ explained Purwantari during the refreshing program at refreshing program for finance and banking journalists at Lembaga Pengembangan Perbankan Indonesia (LPPI), last Thursday (8/12).  (source)

Thursday, October 06, 2011

AUSTRALIA - CONFLICT SETTLEMENT - Client Update: Arbitration, religion and discrimination


In brief: Could an arbitration agreement stipulate the religion of an arbitrator without breaching anti-discrimination laws? Partner Stephen McComish (view CV), Lawyer Kristian Maley and Law Graduate Samantha Lord report on an important decision of the UK Supreme Court that could have ramifications for businesses within our region.

(full story and source)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

MALAYSIA - LEGAL - KLRCA To Actively Promote Islamic Arbitration Globally

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) is making robust efforts to expand its role in promoting Islamic arbitration globally and will launch Islamic arbitration rules to cover other sectors such as construction and maritime. (source)