Chamber One Advocates and Karol, Bhadauria & Associates will organise a session on consent and jurisdiction in international arbitration as part of Dubai Arbitration Week 2026 on November 12.
The event, titled Beyond the Arbitration Clause: Consent, Courts & The Battle for Jurisdiction, will be held at Anantara Downtown Dubai between 3 PM and 5 PM Gulf Standard Time (GST).
The programme will bring together former judges of the Supreme Court of India and arbitration practitioners from India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
It will feature two panel discussions examining the scope of arbitration agreements, consent to arbitrate and jurisdictional conflicts between courts and arbitral tribunals.
The first panel, titled Who Consented? The Expanding Boundaries of Arbitration, will examine the legal principles governing consent to arbitration and the circumstances in which arbitration agreements may bind parties beyond their original signatories.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat will participate alongside Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Partner at Al Tamimi & Company; Shanelle Irani, Partner at Pinsent Masons; and Sarthak Karol and Neelakshi Bhadauria, Partners at Karol, Bhadauria & Associates.
The second panel, titled When Courts and Arbitrators Collide: Who Has the Last Word?, will focus on the division of authority between national courts and arbitral tribunals, particularly in disputes involving jurisdictional challenges and judicial intervention.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol will join Ed Crosse, Partner at Simmons & Simmons; Abdul Sattar Pirzada, Co-Founder and Partner at Khaled Almarri & Partners; Divyam Agarwal, Partner at JSA; and Pranay Chitale and Udayvir Rana, Partners at Chamber One Advocates.
The programme will begin with a welcome address by Neelakshi Bhadauria, followed by the first panel from 3:05 PM to 3:45 PM and the second from 4 PM to 4:40 PM.
Udayvir Rana will deliver the vote of thanks, followed by high tea.
The Event has limited seats.
RSVP at:
Udayvir Rana, office@chamberone.co.in, +91 99106 57461
Neelakshi Bhadauria, office@kbalegal.co.on, +91 80534 61050