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Custodio O. Parlade is at present of-counsel to the Parlade, Hildawa, Parlade and Eco Law offices, Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Philippines, Inc. and Chairman of its International Arbitration Commission....more....

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The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI) is a non-stock, non-profit organization incorporated in 1996 out of the Arbitration Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the use of arbitration as an alternative mode of settling commercial transaction disputes and providing dispute resolution services to the business community. Its membership is composed of prominent lawyers, members of the judiciary, academicians, arbitrators, bankers, and businessmen. Read more...

Contact us:

Office of the General Counsel
12/F Allied Bank Center
6754 Ayala Ave., Makati City
0716 Philippines
Phone: [63 2] 986-5171
Fax: [63 2] 817-6928
Email: secretariat@pdrci.org
info.pdrci@gmail.com

Announcement

“Arbitration & Mediation – Global Platforms for Dispute Resolution", Friday, 12 September 2008, Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in conjunction with Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association will be holding once again a one-day conference on Friday, 12 September 2008 devoted to effective arbitration and mediation in resolving disputes. One of the topics to be discussed at the conference is the issue of “Negotiation and Drafting of International and Domestic Dispute Resolution Provisions”.

For further inforation about the conference, you may contact Ms. Esther Lai on tel (852) 2525 2381 or email: adr@hkiac.org.

Third Annual Asian Leading Arbitrators' Symposium on the Conduct of International Arbitration

Juris Conferences is pleased to announce that the Third Annual Asian Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium will be held in Hong Kong on September 11, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel. This year’s conference is going to be outstanding with Michael Moser, Chair of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Michael SC Hwang, Vice President of ICCA and Vice Chair of the Internation Court of Arbitration of the ICC acting as co-chairs of our symposium. Some of our esteemed faculty members are Craig I. Celniker, a Partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo office, Lijun Cao, Deputy Director of the Foreign-related Business Department of CIETAC, Custodio O. Parlade, President Emeritus of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Yasuhei Taniguchi, President of the Japan Association of Arbitrators and Byung-Chol (BC) Yoon, a Partner with Kim & Chang in Seoul.

For detailed information about the Third Annual Asian Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium on the Conduct of International Arbitration and the complete list and bios of the faculty members, please visit: www.jurisconferences.com

Philippine Arbitration Updates:

ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation v.
World Interactive Network Systems [WINS]
Japan Co., Ltd., G.R. No. 169332,
February 11, 2008

THE FACTS:

In 1999, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation [“ABS-CBN”] granted World Interactive Network Systems Japan Co., Ltd. [“WINS”], an exclusive license to distribute and sublicense the distribution of a television service known as “The Filipino Channel” [“TFC”] in Japan [the Licensing Agreement”]. In 2002, ABS-CBN, alleging breach, notified WINS of its intention to terminate the Licensing Agreement. WINS commenced arbitration pursuant to the arbitration clause in the Licensing Agreement alleging that ABS-CBN wanted to renegotiate the terms thereof to allow it to demand higher fees. The sole arbitrator thereafter appointed, after hearing, found in favor of WINS and ordered ABS-CBN to pay damages.

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Equitable PCI Bank v. Judge Oscar Pimentel,
RCBC Capital Corporation, Sir Ian Barker
and Neil Kaplan,
CA-G.R. Sp. No. 93966, March 30, 2007:

THE FACTS:

A dispute between Equitable PCI Bank [EPCI] and RCBC Capital Corporation [RCBC] was submitted to arbitration under ICC Rules. The Philippines was the place of arbitration. Two of the three members of the Tribunal, Sir Ian Barker and Neil Kaplan, are foreigners and non-members of the Philippine Bar. EPCI moved to disqualify Barker and Kaplan on the ground that they are engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines and are therefore ineligible to rule on the merits of the issues raised in the arbitration. In a petition filed with the RTC of Makati, Judge Pimentel held: that the arbitral tribunal which includes a former justice of the Supreme Court and two foreign lawyers are not considered to be engaged in the practice of law in the Philippines.

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