Sean Yates published in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement

Sean Yates has been published in an article for the Journal of International Dispute Settlement titled ‘New international commercial courts: a delocalized approach‘.

The Journal of International Dispute Settlement covers all forms of international dispute settlement and focuses particularly on developments in private and public international law that carry commercial, economic and financial implications.

The article highlights that new international commercial courts can be analysed by examining how their features differ from those of their domestic counterpart courts and from those of international commercial arbitration. This conceptual tool is termed delocalization. Higher and lower levels of featural differences, or delocalization, may affect a new court’s reception, whether local actors can participate in the new court and the new court’s relations with the domestic courts. These factors influence the extent and speed of a new court’s integration into the legal landscape as an institutional transplant. A delocalization analysis can also help track the new and domestic courts’ continuing influence over each other and the adoption, sharing or abandonment of features over time.

Read the full article here.

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Based in Dubai, UAE, Sean Yates specialises in international arbitration and civil and commercial litigation with a focus on construction and infrastructure, real estate, energy and natural resource disputes. More widely, Sean has experience in employment, fraud and regulatory, as well as substantial experience in the tourism, leisure and entertainment sectors.

Sean is a member of Inner Temple and practised before the courts of England and Wales for ten years before relocating to Dubai. He acted as General Counsel for several years before returning to practise in Chambers.

To find out more about Sean, contact Sam Carter on +44 (0)203 989 6669 or Dave Lovitt on +44 (0)207 353 6381.

External Publications 9 Oct, 2023