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03 November 2023

MAJOR REPORT HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL DIVERSITY DIVIDEND FOR ARBITRATOR SELECTION

A ground-breaking report on arbitrator selection suggests that parties could secure improved outcomes by adopting more formalised processes and actively …

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 …

28 July 2023

Third party funding for English-seated arbitration: do the English DBA regulations apply?

The English Supreme Court has confirmed in Paccar Inc v Road Haulage Association Ltd [2023] UKSC 28 that litigation funding arrangements based on a share …

14 July 2023

Invalid service of Request for Arbitration not a failure of appointment procedure, says English court

In Global Aerospares Limited v Airest AS [2023] EWHC 1430 (Comm), the English Commercial Court dismissed a claim for directions under s18 of the …

04 July 2023

ENGLISH HIGH COURT REJECTS RENEWED ORAL APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL AN ARBITRAL AWARD ON A POINT OF LAW

In Osler v Osler and Others, [2023] EWHC 1270 (Ch), the Chancery Division of the English High Court has ruled that the Court cannot allow a renewed oral …

16 June 2023

Diversity in arbitration – the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses pledge issues Report highlighting the challenges of moving the dial on female appointments

Promoting gender diversity has become a key focus for the international arbitration community and beyond. Within the arbitration community, the launch of …

06 June 2023

LCIA publishes its Casework Report for 2022 – percentage of Asian parties triples and, for the first time in 25 years, no arbitrator challenges pursuant to Article 10 of the LCIA Rules

The LCIA has published its Casework Report for 2022, which is the LCIA's annual summary of its caseload and trends. It reported fewer new cases than …

19 April 2023

Commercial Court releases its arbitration statistics: significant increase in arbitration-related applications

The Judiciary of England and Wales has published the Commercial Court Report for the year 2021-2022 (the Report). These reports are released annually to …

16 January 2023

Court of Appeal confirms peremptory order despite pending jurisdictional challenge

In the case of S3D Interactive, Inc v Oovee [2022] EWCA Civ 1665, the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal of a decision to enforce a peremptory order …

12 January 2023

A ROUND UP OF COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN 2022: KEY DEVELOPMENTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Third Party Funding: recoverability and regulation In Tenke Fungurume Mining S.A. v Katanga Contracting Services S.A.S, [2021] EWHC 3301 (Comm), the …

12 December 2022

3 for the price of 1: English Commercial Court issues guidance on: (i) what constitutes an "award" (ii) whether a cross-claim under a different contract can fall within an arbitrator's jurisdiction, and (iii) the circumstances in which the Court will order compliance with a Peremptory Order

In the case of RQP v ZYX, the English Court has issued a jam-packed judgment on three important issues. In dismissing RQP's three applications, Mr …

10 November 2022

English Commercial Court dismisses s68 challenge but observes that the arbitrators exceeded their powers in granting interim relief in the form of an award

On 16 September 2022, the English Commercial Court delivered its judgment in EGF v HVF, HWG, TOM, DCK, HRY [2022] EWHC 2470 (Comm) in respect of a …