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  Philippine Court of Appeals Affirms Enforcement of London Judgment Without Prior Dispute Adjudication

  In a Decision rendered on March 13, 2012 in CA-G.R. CV No. 96502, Takenaka Corporation and Asahikosan Corporation vs. Philippine International Air Terminals Company, Inc. (PIATCO), the Philippine Court of Appeals threw out PIATCO’s appeal questioning the enforcement of the 2005 Orders issued by London’s High Court of Justice, which directed PIATCO to pay Japanese [...]

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  Singapore Court of Appeals Clarifies Enforcement of DAB Award Under FIDIC Red Book

  In a Judgment rendered on July 13, 2011 in Civil Appeal No. 59 of 2000, CRW Joint Operation v. PT Perusahan Gas Negara (Persero) TBK, the Singapore Court of Appeals (SCA) clarified the dispute resolution mechanism under the 1999 FIDIC Red Book, formally known as the “Conditions of Contract for Construction: For Building and Engineering [...]

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  PDRCI Partners With ABA in Arbitration Training for DOJ, OADR and OGCC

  The PDRCI, in partnership with the American Bar Association, Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) and the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR), will conduct a basic training seminar in commercial arbitration law and practice for approximately 50 lawyers of the Department of Justice, the OADR and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) [...]

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  IPO, WIPO Hold IP Mediation Workshop

  The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPO) and the World Intellectual Property Office Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO AMC), in cooperation with the PDRCI, held a mediation workshop for intellectual property law practitioners last December 12 and 13, 2011 at the Intellectual Property Center in Bonifacio Global City. The two-day training workshop was led [...]

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  PDRCI Elects New Board

  PDRCI held its General Membership Meeting on July 6, 2009 at The Linden Suites, during which the members elected the new Board of Trustees for the 2010-11 term. The new Board welcomed new trustees Arthur P. Autea and Edmund L. Tan, who replaced Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez and Atty. Wilfredo Chato. The other incumbent trustees [...]