The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Arbitral Women and the Arbitration & Conciliation Centre, Bengaluru, will host a conference titled “Ethics & Evidence in Arbitration” on October 31, 2026, at the Karnataka Judicial Academy, Crescent Road, Bengaluru.
The half-day conference will bring together judges, senior advocates, arbitration practitioners and members of the legal community to discuss ethical responsibilities in arbitration and evidentiary challenges in arbitral proceedings.
The programme will see presence of Justice D. K. Singh, Judge, Karnataka High Court and President of the Arbitration & Conciliation Centre, Bengaluru, and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court and Patron-in-Chief of the Centre.
The opening session will be followed by a fireside chat titled “Hits and Misses of Indian Arbitration Landscape”, featuring Senior Advocate Shashank Garg, a Court Member of the LCIA and Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru.
The first panel discussion, “Ethics in Arbitration: Lawyers’ and Arbitrators’ Ethics”, will be chaired by Justice Anu Sivaraman, Judge, Karnataka High Court. The speakers include Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi, Lomesh Kiran Nidumuri, Partner and Head of Disputes (South India) at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and Manini Brar, Founder of Arbridge Chambers & Solicitors and Board Member of Arbitral Women.
The second session, titled “A Toolkit for Evidence in Arbitration: Expert and Fact Witnesses”, will examine evidentiary issues arising in arbitration, including the role of expert and factual witnesses. The session will be chaired by Justice Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani, Judge, Karnataka High Court. Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa, Counsel and Arbitrator Poornima Hatti, and Hima Lawrence, Co-Founder of VH Law Chambers, will participate as speakers.
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