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23 October 2025

Hong Kong Court of Appeal to consider validity of service of notice of arbitration by SMS

21 March 2024

Inside Arbitration Issue 17: Perspectives on cross-border disputes

We are delighted to share with you Issue 17 of Inside Arbitration from Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice. In this issue, we delve into …

08 January 2024

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN 2023: A ROUND-UP

What are the most important English commercial arbitration developments of 2023? We have put together a round-up below. You can also check out our …

07 August 2023

English Commercial Court rejects consumer's public policy challenge to arbitration award due to insufficiently "close connection" of the contract to UK

In Eternity Sky Investments Ltd v Mrs Xiaomin Zhang [2023] EWHC 1964 (Comm), the English Commercial Court has rejected a challenge to an arbitration …

17 July 2023

English Commercial Court takes rare decision to refuse enforcement of arbitration award on public policy grounds in crypto case

The English Commercial Court has refused to enforce a foreign-seated arbitration award on the grounds that to do so would be contrary to public policy. …

09 January 2023

Cryptocurrency disputes and consumer arbitration: the next instalment

The English High Court has handed down judgment in another case concerning trades on a cryptocurrency exchange. The case of Chechetkin v Payward Ltd and …

06 June 2022

Future of Consumer APAC: Managing and exiting distribution agreements