Marriott

How About Doing Away with Witness Testimony in International Arbitration?

Sunday, July 10, 2022

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CEST

Location: Zurich 3

CLE: 1.0 Credit Hours

The program will explore how reliable and effective witness evidence generally proves in international arbitration. Together with a panel of specialists including a cognitive psychologist, arbitrators, counsel, and users, participants will address inter alia the following issues: pros and cons of witness evidence in a multicultural context; is it worth it given the costs at stake, and if so when and why? Are witnesses who have been "prepared" for their testimony still providing actual evidence or does their coaching change the nature of their role in the process? Is the perception the same for civil law trained arbitrators and Anglo-Saxon law trained arbitrators? If so, why?

Dominique Brown-Berset

Brown&Page SA
Geneva, Switzerland

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Edmund J. Kronenburg

Braddell Brothers LLP
Singapore, Singapore

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Kimberley Wade

University of Warwick
Coventry, England, United Kingdom

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