Inside Arbitration: Issue 21
Marking a decade of Inside Arbitration, this edition brings together the themes shaping today’s international arbitration landscape
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15 December 2017
English Commercial Court upholds s68 serious irregularity challenges to an arbitral award holding that the arbitrator should have ensured that costs are pleaded by all parties
In Oldham v. QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2017] EWHC 3045 (Comm), the Commercial Court held that the arbitrator's decisions on costs could be challenged …
15 November 2017
English High Court removes arbitrator on the basis that he did not possess necessary qualifications
In Tonicstar Limited v Allianz Insurance and Sirius International Insurance Corporation [2017] EWHC 2753, the English High Court considered an …
09 November 2017
The LCIA updates its guidance on the use of Tribunal Secretaries
The role of tribunal secretaries in arbitration is an important subject which generates a range of different views, often expressed in strong …
07 November 2017
ICC publishes note on early dismissal of manifestly unmeritorious claims or defences
On 30 October 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") published guidance designed to provide greater clarity on the scope for "immediate …
30 October 2017
English Court rejects claim that notice of arbitration given in a foreign language is not proper notice
In a dispute between an English company and a Russian company, the English High Court (the Court) refused to set aside an order enforcing a Russian …
23 October 2017
US Court blocks enforcement of award due to effect of the terms of arbitration agreement
In Diag Human S.E. v Czech Republic Ministry of Health, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) has dismissed an …
11 October 2017
Parallel court and arbitration proceedings: English High Court grapples with further case management issues in Panama Canal dispute, clarifying that service of a defence pending appeal on refusal to grant a stay will not constitute “a step towards answering the substantive claim”
In our previous blog post on Autoridad del Canal de Panama v Sacyr, S.A. & Ors, we considered a failed application to stay English court proceedings …
05 October 2017
Paris court rejects application for review and withdrawal of arbitral enforcement order, despite allegations of fraud
The Paris Court of First Instance has rejected an application for the review and withdrawal of an enforcement order of an arbitral award, despite …
28 September 2017
English High Court refuses stay of proceedings despite possible overlap with issues subjected to parallel ICC arbitration proceedings.
A consortium of construction companies (the Consortium) was unsuccessful in obtaining a stay of court proceedings pending before the English High Court …
22 September 2017
Article: Paris Court of Appeal upholds UNCITRAL award in Ukraine v OAO Tatneft
Laurence Franc-Menget has published an article in the Revue de l'arbitrage, the journal of the Comité Français de l'arbitrage, discussing the Paris …
12 September 2017
Belgium asks for the CJEU's opinion on the compatibility of the Investment Court System with European Law
On 6 September 2017 the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders submitted a request from Belgium to the Court of …
07 September 2017
International Arbitration Internship: Applications now open
Herbert Smith Freehills is now accepting applications for two internship opportunities in our international arbitration team in London. The programme …
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