Arbitration Notes

Hong Kong Court Clarifies Threshold for Setting Aside Awards

SINGAPORE COURT OF APPEAL PARTIALLY SETS ASIDE ICC AWARD OVER ITS "FLEXIBLE APPROACH" TO DAMAGES

In CEF and another v CEH, the Singapore Court of Appeal partially set aside a €62 million ICC award concerning the construction of an iron and steel …

Landmark ruling of Germany's Constitutional Court: Arbitration Clause Violates Access to Justice

In a long-awaited landmark ruling in a case concerning the German ice-skating champion Claudia Pechstein, the German Federal Constitutional Court …

HKIAC USERS GAIN ADDITIONAL ROUTE TO MAINLAND INTERIM RELIEF AND ENFORCEMENT

ENFORCEMENT OF CIETAC AWARD IN HONG KONG STAYED, BUT NOT FOR LONG

Summary In a further decision in the long-running G v X matter (see our previous blog post here), the Hong Kong court has decided to stay enforcement of …

Hong Kong one step closer to arbitration success fees

Indian Supreme Court orders arbitrator backlog to be cleared

Hong Kong Court of Appeal rules on landmark case regarding escalation clauses

LCIA publishes its casework report for 2021 – showing among other things an increased number of cases from North America and the Middle East and continued improvement in arbitrator diversity in appointments by the LCIA Court

The LCIA has published its Casework Report for 2021, its annual summary of its caseload and trends. It reported fewer new cases than in the record high …

HSF publishes Disputes in the Technology Industry Q&As for Practical Law (UK)

HSF technology disputes practitioners Andrew Moir, Rachel Lidgate, Martin Hevey, Kate Macmillan, Peter Dalton, Heather Newton and Rachel Montagnon have …

USE OF ARBITRATION IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE SECTOR (PART 1): LCIA STATISTICS SHOW GROWTH

The LCIA has released its Annual Casework Report for 2021, showing that disputes in the Banking and Finance sector represented the LCIA's biggest …

TURKMENISTAN BECOMES PARTY TO NEW YORK CONVENTION

Turkmenistan has become the 170th state party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the Convention), …