1. General introduction; 2. The evolution of arbitration; 3. The LCIA - history, constitution and rules; 4. Jurisdiction, interim relief and awards under the LCIA rules; 5. Procedure and hearings; 6. ICC United Kingdom: its role in arbitration; 7. The LCIA and ICC rules: the 1998 revisions compared; 8. Arbitrability of contracts with goverment bodies; 9. Costs in international commercial arbitration; 10. ADR and international arbitration: an evolving relationship; 11. Predictability in international arbitration; 12. Maritime arbitration; 13. International arbitration in the construction industry; 14. Project finance - law, loans and lenders; 15. Changing needs, changing rules: the LCIA rules and the telecommunications sector; 16. Arbitration and GAFTA: user-specific procedures; 17. London as a venue after the arbitration Act 1996; 18. Civil law style procedure in arbitration; 19. Commercial arbitration in Canada: a model law for others; 20. Developments in the Far East; 21. Arbitration in the Arab Middle East and North Africa; 22. International commercial arbitration in eastern and central Europe; 23. Private arbitration for the settling of economic disputes in Russia.