Arbitration Notes

ENGLISH HIGH COURT FINDS THAT ARBITRATOR ERRED IN LAW IN FINDING EXPRESS "WITHOUT PREJUDICE" CORRESPONDENCE ADMISSIBLE ON COSTS BUT FINDS IMPLIEDLY "WITHOUT PREJUDICE" CORRESPONDENCE ADMISSIBLE

UKRAINIAN ARBITRATION CLAIMS FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CRIMEA

LAPSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 APPROVED BY THE UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARDS ACROSS EMEA PODCAST SERIES – EPISODE 2: MIDDLE EAST

THE COURT OF APPEAL CONFIRMS THE JURISDICTION OF ENGLISH COURTS TO RESTRAIN A FOREIGN ARBITRATION IN AN 'EXCEPTIONAL' CASE

INSIDE ARBITRATION: ISSUE #8 OF THE PUBLICATION FROM HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS' GLOBAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE

ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARDS ACROSS EMEA PODCAST SERIES - EPISODE 1: RUSSIA

CREATION OF NEW DELHI ARBITRATION CENTRE PROPOSED IN INDIA’S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

Based on the recommendations of the Sri Krishna Committee (previously discussed here), on 3 July 2019, the current Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, …

ENGLISH COURT ALLOWS SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW AGAINST AWARD ISSUED BY JUDGE-ARBITRATOR

In the recent decision of Equitas Insurance Limited v Municipal Mutual Insurance Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 718 (available here), the Court of Appeal …

ENGLISH HIGH COURT OVERTURNS AN ARBITRAL AWARD AS IT HOLDS THAT AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A DISSOLVED COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 67 OF THE ENGLISH ARBITRATION ACT

The English Commercial court has overturned an arbitral award under section 67 of the English Arbitration Act 1996, finding that an arbitral tribunal …

ENGLISH COURT UPHOLDS S68 CHALLENGE TO ARBITRAL AWARD AND CRITICISES TRIBUNAL FOR TWO-YEAR DELAY

An arbitral award was recently challenged in the English High Court (the Court) in K v P [2019] EWHC 589 (Comm). In a rare example of a successful …

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF HACKING: ENGLISH COURT CONSIDERS CHALLENGE TO AWARD UNDER s68 AND s69 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996

In a rare example of a successful challenge under s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act), in K v A [2019] EWHC 1118 (Comm), the English Court held …