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Jody Wood is a disputes lawyer, focusing on commercial litigation and international arbitration. Jody worked in Singapore between 2008 and 2017, and was a founding member of Reed Smith’s Singapore office which opened in 2012. Jody’s practice encompasses disputes in the shipping, trade and aviation sectors and his clients include maritime owners/charterers/managers, insurers, banks, funds and commodity traders.

Introduction

There is much buzz around the launch of the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (the ‘HCAA’), a new industry focussed arbitral regime, in Rotterdam. However, it remains to be seen whether the hype is justified and whether the HCAA will gain traction within the aerospace industry and, in particular, with industry participants.

In this alert, we take a closer look at the administration of the HCAA by the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (the ‘NAI’), the model clause and, of course, the proposed rules (the ‘Rules’).Continue Reading Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation gets off the ground