Arbitration Notes

Inside Arbitration Podcasts: English Arbitration Developments 2025

2025 English Commercial Arbitration Round-Up

Ticking the Right Boxes: the Orange v Shein decision on jurisdictional challenges and staying arbitration

Alleging Fraud or Illegality: Understanding the Boundaries of s.68 Challenges

"Hopeless" Arbitration Challenge Leads To "Out Of The Norm" Indemnity Costs

HSF SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS CHALLENGE TO ARBITRATION AWARD IN ENGLISH HIGH COURT

Craig Tevendale, Susan Field and Jerome Temme have successfully acted for EGK in defending a s.68 challenge under the English Arbitration Act 1996. We …

The English Commercial Court dismisses an award challenge based on exclusion of evidence in patent dispute

The English Commercial Court, in Cipla Limited v Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [2023] EWHC 910 (Comm), has dismissed a challenge pursuant to s68(2)(a) of …

Application for security for costs and security for the Award refused by English Court in investment treaty award challenge

In its recent judgment in The Czech Republic vs Diag Human and ors [2023] the English court has refused Diag Human's application for security for costs …

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 …

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 …

LCIA European Council Breakfast Seminar in Paris – The English Arbitration Act 1996 Review: Part Two (Tuesday 4 July 2023)

On Tuesday 4 July 2023, Herbert Smith Freehills Paris will be hosting a breakfast seminar organised by the LCIA European Council. The Law Commission of …

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 …