LCIA releases 2018 Annual Casework Report 1 April 2019 The LCIA’s 2018 Annual Casework Report shows a record number of arbitrations were referred to the LCIA under the LCIA Rules. The LCIA is pleased to share its 2018 Annual Casework Report. In 2018, a large number of parties once again entrusted the LCIA with the administration of their disputes. A total of 317 arbitrations were referred to the LCIA, of which 271 were referred under the LCIA Rules. Key points of interest from the report include: 2018 saw a significant rise in the number of disputes in the banking and finance sector, reaffirming the LCIA’s position as the world’s premier arbitral institution for complex financial disputes. Parties to LCIA arbitrations remain diverse in origin, with growing numbers from India, Ireland, Cyprus and Mexico. The LCIA continues to administer a broad range of disputes. 11% of arbitrations referred under the LCIA Rules in 2018 with a quantified claim in the Request for Arbitration have a sum in dispute which exceeds 100 million USD. A growing number of applications for joinder and consolidation further underlines the complexity of disputes submitted to LCIA arbitration. Women represented 43% of all arbitrators selected by the LCIA Court in 2018, compared with 23% of all appointments, highlighting the need for other stakeholders to ramp up efforts to improve gender diversity on arbitral tribunals. There is, over time, an even split between the number of tribunals composed of a sole arbitrator and the number of three-member tribunals. The figures reveal a growing recourse to emergency arbitrator and expedited tribunal formation procedures. Consistently low arbitrator challenge numbers – and even lower success rates – continue to reflect a robust arbitrator appointment and challenge procedure. The LCIA hopes that users find the 2018 Annual Casework Report a useful resource, and one which demonstrates the LCIA’s ongoing commitment to transparency. Click here to access the full LCIA 2018 Annual Casework Report.