ISTANBUL: Istanbul Arbitration Days 2026 brought together leading international arbitration practitioners, arbitrators, institutional representatives, in-house counsel and experts from across the world for several days of discussions […]
Shareholder and Boardroom Disputes in Pakistan: The Case for Mandatory Mediation under the Companies Act, 2017
Each year, there is a predictable percentage of cases that fall before Pakistan’s Company Benches and Competent Officers under the Companies Act 2017, which do not […]
Can Pakistan Become a Seat of International Arbitration? Jurists Say Yes, But It Will Take a Decade
Pakistan has a real chance of becoming a hub for international dispute resolution, but only if it commits to roughly ten years of sustained legal, institutional […]
Clearing Pakistan’s Legal Backlog: The Case for ADR and ODR
In Pakistan, the courts have a severe backlog of more than 2.3 million cases, while there are only approximately 4,300 judges to handle them. For normal […]
Historic Arbitration Ruling Upholds Pakistan’s Water Rights in Landmark Indus Waters Treaty Case
In a landmark decision that can bring a breakthrough to South Asian water diplomacy, an international arbitration tribunal has categorically denied India its demand to suspend […]
Justice Athar Minallah on the Importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Justice Athar Minallah Urges Greater Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Pakistan In a powerful speech, Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Athar Minallah, emphasized […]
Addressing the Threat of US Sanctions Against Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline
Pakistan was recently notified by Iran through a legal notice threatening to take Pakistan to arbitration in Paris for failing to uphold its part of the […]
Role of ADR in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment
Every country in the world relies on foreign investments to maximize its economic stability and improve the quality of its local marketplace. Foreign direct investment (FDI) […]
Construction Disputes – The Achilles Heel of a Developing Sector
The rule of law is the foundation stone of a society as it ensures order and just conduct whereas its absence leads to chaos. It can […]
PIDW 2024 Highlights: Shaping the Future of Dispute Resolution
Courting The Law brings you a recap of the landmark Pakistan International Disputes Weekend (PIDW) 2024, held on 11th and 12th May. This stellar event convened […]
Pakistan International Disputes Weekend, Karachi 2024
Pakistan International Disputes Weekend (PIDW) 2024 is coming to Karachi for its upcoming edition and we are proud to announce that Courting The Law will be […]
Amending Pleadings in a Pakistani Arbitration
Abstract Arbitration is gaining prominence as a dispute resolution method in various commercial transactions of both international and domestic nature. However, the growing use of arbitration […]
Smart Contracts and Crypto-Assets in Pakistan: A Legal Perspective
What are Smart Contracts? A smart contract is just like a traditional contract. However, in effect, it is a computer program that exists on a blockchain, […]
Pakistan International Disputes Weekend, Lahore 2023
[PRESS RELEASE]: The Pakistan International Disputes Weekend 2023 (PIDW’23) is Pakistan’s first premier international disputes weekend organized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and MK Consultants […]
Role of Arbitration Councils and Mediation in Family Disputes
Definitions According to Black’s Law Dictionary, the terms ‘arbitration’, ‘mediation’ and ‘alternative dispute resolution (ADR)’ have been defined in the following manner: Arbitration is a method […]
Pakistan’s Kompetenz-Kompetenz
The question of whether arbitrators can decide their own jurisdiction (kompetenz-kompetenz) requires an analysis in Pakistan as the domestic courts are progressively adopting pro-enforcement tendency. This […]
Punjab Commercial Courts Ordinance 2021: A New Frontier
The author was a member of the Working Group drafting the PCCO 2021.[1] Commercial Courts Around the World In 2017, the Lord Chief Justice of England […]