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Navigating Institutional Arbitration and Landmark Case Briefs Under the 2026 Rules

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Navigating Institutional Arbitration and Landmark Case Briefs Under the 2026 Rules Introduction: The Institutional Evolution of Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Institutional arbitration forms the bedrock of international commercial jurisprudence, providing the administrative infrastructure, procedural predictability, and global neutrality required to resolve multi-million-dollar cross-border disputes. As global commerce has grown increasingly complex, tech-driven, and volatile, arbitral institutions have been forced to continually modernize their procedural frameworks to combat rising costs, protracted delays, and dilatory tactics by recalcitrant parties. The entry into force of the landmark 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules , alongside contemporaneous updates across leading institutions such as the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), marks a profound generational shift in international dispute management. Innovatio...
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Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: Global Trends, Disclosure Obligations, and Judicial Attitudes-by Judge Nazmul Hasan

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Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: Global Trends, Disclosure Obligations, and Judicial Attitudes Introduction: The Financialization of Global Dispute Resolution Over the past two decades, international commercial arbitration (ICA) has undergone a profound structural evolution. Once viewed exclusively as a bilateral dispute resolution mechanism between capital-rich corporations, modern arbitration has embraced the phenomenon of Third-Party Funding (TPF) , transforming cross-border litigation and arbitration into a dynamic, multi-billion-dollar global asset class. Under a typical TPF arrangement, an unassociated commercial funder-such as a specialized private equity fund or institutional investor-agrees to finance all or part of a claimant's legal fees and arbitration costs in exchange for a contingent share of any eventual monetary recovery or award. For cash-strapped claimants, SMEs, and developing-state entities, TPF serves as an essential equalizer, democrati...
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BJS Preparation Series: Voidable Contracts and Free Consent-A Guide to the Contract Act, 1872

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Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act: Essential Trial Court Best Practices and Statutory Compliance

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Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act: Essential Trial Court Best Practices and Statutory Compliance Introduction: The Judicial Role in Commercial Credibility In the contemporary commercial architecture of Bangladesh, the liquidity of trade and the security of financial transactions rely heavily upon the integrity of negotiable instruments, chief among them being the commercial cheque. To protect commercial dealings from bad faith, fraud, and default, the legislature enacted Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ( "NI Act" ). Originally designed to instill absolute confidence in banking instruments, Section 138 has evolved into one of the most vigorously litigated provisions across the trial courts of Bangladesh, crowding the dockets of Judicial Magistrates, Metropolitan Magistrates, and Sessions Courts alike. For Bangladesh Judicial Service (BJS) candidates, law students, and active trial practitioners, mastering Section 138 requires more than a s...
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