The Bahamas Chapter of the United Kingdom’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) hosted a Module 2 Law of International Arbitration Course in Freeport on November 13 and 14. Retired Justice Rubie Nottage, Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee for the Bahamas Chapter gave opening remarks and introduced the Course Leader, Ike Ehiribe. Professor Ehiribe is a Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, the Visiting Professor at the Centre for International Legal Studies in Salzburg and was recently appointed the Senior Teaching Fellow at the well-known School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

The course was attended by local members of the Judiciary as well as local attorneys. The same course is concurrently run in Nassau by CIArb, with the aim of qualifying approximately 30 persons as International Arbitrators. This is considered an important step in establishing The Bahamas as an International Arbitration Centre and is being supported by the Ministry of Financial Services.

For more information on upcoming CIArb Bahamas and its activities, e- mail ciarbbahamas@ciarbbahamas.com