Arbitration Notes
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FULLY VIRTUAL HEARING NOT A GROUND TO REFUSE ENFORCEMENT, HONG KONG COURT RULES
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has ruled that the holding of a fully virtual hearing despite the opposition of one of the parties did not provide …
OVER-SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA LEADS TO LOSS OF ARBITRAL CONFIDENTIALITY IN SINGAPORE
The Singapore Court of Appeal has refused confidentiality orders in relation to arbitration enforcement proceedings because the confidentiality of the …
HONG KONG COURT GRANTS ANTI-ARBITRATION INJUNCTION TO PROTECT ENFORCEMENT OF PRIOR AWARD
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("CFI") has taken the rare step of granting an anti-arbitration injunction to restrain claims which sought to …
HONG KONG COURT REFUSES LEAVE TO APPEAL RARE SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE TO AWARD
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has rejected an attempt by an award creditor to appeal against a rare successful challenge to an arbitral award. In …
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 …
HONG KONG COURT UPHOLDS ENFORCEMENT OF "MANIFESTLY VALID" CIETAC AWARD
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has rejected an “untenable” challenge to a US$21 million CIETAC award, holding that that the award was manifestly …
MALAYSIAN COURT RECONFIRMS THAT TRIBUNALS TAKE PRIORITY OVER COURTS WHEN GRANTING INTERIM RELIEF
The Malaysian High Court has reconfirmed that if the same interim relief can be granted by an arbitral tribunal and the courts, a party should first …
English High Court holds English Court judgments can be enforced in the United Arab Emirates
In Invest Bank PSC v Ahmad Mohammed El-Husseini and ors [2022] EWHC 3008 (Comm), the English High Court held that there was no real risk of substantial …
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL COURT REAFFIRMS HIGH THRESHOLD FOR REFUSING ENFORCEMENT OF AWARD ON PUBLIC POLICY GROUNDS
In a recent application to enforce an arbitral award, the Federal Court of Australia rejected the award debtor’s arguments that it would be contrary to …
NAVIGATING UK SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN PERSONS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
This blog was first published by Kluwer Arbitration and can be found here. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created an environment ripe for controversy …
TIMOR-LESTE BECOMES THE 172ND STATE TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION 1958
On 17 January 2023, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste) became the 172nd state to accede the Convention on the Recognition and …
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 …
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