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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04 July 2014
English High Court: requirement to engage in time limited "friendly discussions" before arbitration is enforceable
In the 1 July 2014 decision in Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm), Teare J considered whether …
04 July 2014
Towards a Treaty on Business and Human Rights?
The Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution establishing a new working group with a mandate to elaborate “an international legally binding …
03 July 2014
Commencing court proceedings in breach of an arbitration agreement: The risk of indemnity costs
In the recent decision of Pipelines Services WA Pty Ltd v ATCO Gas Australia Pty Ltd [2014] WASC 10 (S), his Honour Chief Justice Martin of the Supreme …
03 July 2014
New ruling of the French Cour de cassation in the Tecnimont judicial saga on challenge of an arbitrator
In Avax v Tecnimont (Civ. 1ère, 25 June 2014, pourvoi n° 11-26.529) the French Supreme Court reviewed the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the …
03 July 2014
Going South …. Singapore High Court diverges from English Court's position on governing law of the arbitration agreement
The recent decision of the Singapore High Court in FirstLink Investments Corp Ltd v. GT Payment Pte Ltd and others [2014] SGHCR 12 highlighted the …
27 June 2014
Sanctions Update: EU and US introduce further sanctions in response to the situation in Ukraine; EU amends sanctions against Libya, Central African Republic and Syria
Herbert Smith Freehills has published its latest Sanctions Update e-bulletin, on the latest developments in sanctions regimes in Ukraine, Libya, …
26 June 2014
"Dispute Resolution and Governing Law Clauses in China-related Commercial Contracts" – 6th edition now available
Herbert Smith Freehills has published the 6th edition of our popular guide "Dispute Resolution and Governing Law Clauses in China-related Commercial …
25 June 2014
Christian Leathley speaks at BritishAmerican Business event with keynote speech by EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht: "TTIP and the Investment Dimension: What is the State of Play?"
International arbitration partner Christian Leathley spoke on a panel at an event organized by transatlantic business organization BritishAmerican …
24 June 2014
English High Court considers the requirement to "exhaust" any available arbitral process of appeal before challenging an arbitral award under the Arbitration Act 1996
In an anonymised judgment dated 11 June 2014, Mr Justice Andrew Smith considered whether the terms of section 70(2) and/or section 73(2) of the …
23 June 2014
English High Court says that a head of state who dies in office enjoys immunity only in respect of official acts
Introduction In the recent decision of Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz [2014] EWHC 1807 (Ch), the High Court found that the …
20 June 2014
No jurisdiction over BIT claims if investor fails to state a prima facie case
In Achmea BV v The Slovak Republic (PCA Case No. 2013-12), the tribunal considered the respondent’s objection that it lacked jurisdiction on the ground …
19 June 2014
Federal Court of Australia dismisses challenge to enforcement of foreign arbitral awards made in London
Armada (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Under Judicial Management) v Gujarat NRE Coke Limited [2014] FCA 636 Justice Foster of the Federal Court of Australia handed …
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