Editorial

This issue of Asian Dispute Review begins with an article by The Hon Madam Justice Mimmie Chan on due process in international arbitration and the role of the court, based on the Keynote Address delivered by Her Ladyship on 22 October 2025 to the ‘ADR in Asia’ Conference.

This is followed by a timely contribution from Queenie Lau SC and Natalie So on the challenges and opportunities involved in using AI in dispute resolution. Christy Hui then discusses the evolving interface (and divergences of approach) between arbitration and insolvency in, on the one hand, Hong Kong and, on the other, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.

David Yek Tak Wai analyses the Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance (Cap 652), which recently came into force in Hong Kong, offering valuable comparative lessons from Malaysia’s experience with its Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012.

For the In-house Counsel Focus article, Dokyung (DK) Kim considers private mediation in the Asia-Pacific through three interconnected lenses: enforcement architecture, cultural intelligence and institutional innovation. The Jurisdiction Focus article by Dr Rishab Gupta and Sumit Kulkarni looks at key legislative reforms, judicial developments and institutional changes that have recently shaped the evolution of India’s arbitration regime.

Robert Morgan then reviews the widely anticipated Third Edition of Mustill & Boyd: Commercial and Investor State Arbitration.

This issue concludes, as always, with the News section, also written by Robert Morgan.