Arbitration Notes

Highlights from the 46th FA Mann lecture with Professor Philippe Sands KC

London Arbitration Week 2025

46th FA Mann Lecture – London, 18 November 2025

IBA publishes updated guidelines on conflicts of interest in arbitration

English High Court sets aside permission to enforce fabricated arbitral award

In a recent decision in Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House (KFH-Kuwait) & Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the …

Cross-Post: ISDS policy trend round up for 2023

What are the trends in investor state dispute resolution at a macro level that have developed over 2023? We have put together a round-up which has been …

New Rules for Emergency Arbitration in Chile

On August 11, 2023, the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago) introduced new rules on emergency arbitration …

CHRISTIAN LEATHLEY TO TEACH DURHAM LAW SCHOOL'S SUMMER COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 2023

After a successful event in 2022, Durham University Law School will be hosting a summer course on international arbitration between 10-15 July 2023. …

HSF'S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE CO-HOSTS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION DAY AT LIDW 2023

On 15 May 2023, Herbert Smith Freehills co-hosted London International Disputes Week's inaugural International Arbitration Day, welcoming over 350 …

THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT PUTS END TO "CIRCUIT SPLIT" ON APPLICABLE GROUNDS FOR VACATUR OF “NONDOMESTIC” AWARDS

On April 13, 2023, in Corporación AIC v. Hidroelectrica Santa Rita,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned en banc more than …

Register to attend London International Disputes Week 2023: International Arbitration Day (15 May 2023)

This year's London International Disputes Week (LIDW)'s International Arbitration Day will ‘follow the arbitration sun’ across key regions and …

SURINAME BECOMES PARTY TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION

Suriname has become the 171st State party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the Convention). On …