The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators’ Keating Symposium brings together leading exponents and appointing bodies from the private dispute resolution community to discuss ways in which practitioners can resolve disputes in the current climate and in the foreseeable future.

It is a unique opportunity to hear from the appointers and to gain insights from established professionals.

The format will be 3 presentations & 2 panels.

The panels, moderated by Dr Robert Gaitskell, K.C., are interactive and attendees may submit questions in advance.

Presentations

Keynote Address:
The Court’s Role – Mrs Justice O’Farrell DBE (Judge in the Technology & Construction Court)

Proposed Changes to the 1996 Arbitration Act :
Prof. John Uff CBE KC, former Head of Keating Chambers; former Master of the WCA.

Court Interference? Churchill v Merthyr :
Mercy Milgo (Keating Chambers)