Consent or Agreed Awards and the New York Convention – What Is the Status?

In 2018, several developments coalesced to demonstrate a felt need among international disputants for an alternative to arbitrating cases to award. The final report of the Global Pound Conferences was issued reporting on the conferences held from 2016 to 2017 in 24 countries and obtaining over 4,000 responses to consistent questions about the needs and desires of the users of ADR. (NYSBA New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Fall 2018, Vol. 11, No. 2)